Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyaas Yoga, verse 16
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥
Say ittatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ
paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ
Translation
Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to an untrained understanding, looks upon his Self, which is isolated, as the agent, he of perverted intelligence does not see.
Swami Sivananda
Therefore, anyone whose intellect is imperfect and perceives the Absolute Self as the agent, does not perceive properly and has a distorted intellect.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Therefore, he who, due to his uncultivated understanding, perceives only the self as the agent, he of wicked mind does not truly perceive.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
But this being the case, whoever views himself as the sole agent due to their imperfect intellect—they, the defective-minded ones, do not view things rightly.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
But the fool, who, due to his immature judgment, supposes that it is his own Self alone that acts, perverts the truth and does not see rightly.
Shri Purohit Swami
परन्तु ऐसे पाँच हेतुओंके होनेपर भी जो उस (कर्मोंके) विषयमें केवल (शुद्ध) आत्माको कर्ता मानता है, वह दुर्मति ठीक नहीं समझता; क्योंकि उसकी बुद्धि शुद्ध नहीं है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
अब इस स्थिति में जो पुरुष असंस्कृत बुद्धि होने के कारण, केवल शुद्ध आत्मा को कर्ता समझता हैं, वह दुर्मति पुरुष (यथार्थ) नहीं देखता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.