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Verse 13·21

The knower enjoys the experiences of field

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कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते ।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ॥

kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyatepuruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve heturucyate

The chain of cause and effect and the state of being the doer are created by Prakriti; Purusha enjoys pleasure and pain.

Gītā 13·21

Nature creates and acts, the Soul enjoys her creation and action; but in this inferior form of her action she turns this enjoyment into the obscure and petty figures of pain and pleasure.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 418

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