Sārathi

Word

kartāram

Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 4.13चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥThe fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma; though I am the author of it, know Me as non-doer and immutable.Here: the creator
  2. 14.19नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣhṭānupaśhyatiWhen the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows that which is higher than them, he attains to My Being.Here: agents of action
  3. 18.16तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥNow, 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…Here: the doer