BG - 5.14

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः। न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते।।5.14।।

na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥ na karma-phala-saṅyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate

• na - neither
• kartṛitvam - sense of doership
• na - nor
• karmāṇi - actions
• lokasya - of the people
• sṛijati - creates
• prabhuḥ - God
• na - nor
• karma-phala - fruits of actions
• sanyogam - connection
• svabhāvaḥ - one’s nature
• tu - but
• pravartate - is enacted

Translation

Neither does the Lord create agency nor actions for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions; rather, it is Nature that acts.

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