Bhagavadgita 2.77

2.77

nanu ukta evātmano 'vikriyatvaṃ sarva-karmāsaṃbhava-kāraṇa-viśeṣaḥ | satyam uktaḥ | na tu sa kāraṇa-viśeṣaḥ, anyatvāt viduṣo 'vikriyād ātmanaḥ | na hi avikriyaṃ sthāṇuṃ viditavataḥ karma na saṃbhavati iti cet, na | viduṣaḥ ātmatvāt | na dehādi-saṃghātasya vidvattā | ataḥ pāriśeṣyāt asaṃhata ātmā vidvān avikriyaḥ iti tasya viduṣaḥ karmāsaṃbhavāt ākṣepo yuktaḥ kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ iti | yathā buddhyādy āhṛtasya śabdādy-arthasya avikriya eva san buddhi-vṛtty-aviveka-vijñānena avidyayā upalabdhā ātmā kalpyate, evam eva ātmānātma-viveka-jñānena buddhi-vṛttyā vidyā asatya-rūpayaiva paramārthato 'vikriya eva ātmā vidvān ucyate | viduṣaḥ karmāsaṃbhava-vacanāt yāni karmāṇi śāstreṇa vidhīyante tāni aviduṣo vihitāni iti bhagavato niścayo 'vagamyate ||