BG - 3.27

प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।3.27।।

prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

• prakṛiteḥ - of material nature
• kriyamāṇāni - carried out
• guṇaiḥ - by the three modes
• karmāṇi - activities
• sarvaśhaḥ - all kinds of
• ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā - those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body
• kartā - the doer
• aham - I
• iti - thus
• manyate - thinks

Translation

All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer."

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