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तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः । पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः॥६-४०-१६॥
Therefore, when matters stand thus, one who—through an unrefined understanding—sees the self alone as the sole agent does not truly see; such a person’s judgment is distorted.
english translation
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते । हत्वापि स इमांल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते॥६-४०-१७॥
One who is free from egoistic self-assertion and whose understanding is untainted—though engaged even in deeds that bring about the cessation of lives—does not, in the ethical sense, ‘kill,’ nor is bound by the act.
english translation
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना । करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः॥६-४०-१८॥
Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower—these three constitute the threefold impetus to action. Instrument, action, and agent—these three constitute the threefold basis of action.
english translation
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः । प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि॥६-४०-१९॥
Knowledge, action, and the agent are each described as threefold according to distinctions among the guṇas; this is taught in the analysis of the guṇas—hear these as they are.
english translation
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते । अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम्॥६-४०-२०॥
That knowledge by which one beholds, in all beings, a single imperishable Reality—undivided amid the divided—know that knowledge to be sāttvika.
english translation