Shloka 14
Īśvara-gītā (Adhyāya 2) — Ātma-svarūpa, Māyā, and the Unity of Sāṅkhya–Yoga
अहं कर्ता सुखी दुः खी कृशः स्थूलेति या मतिः / सा चाहङ्कारकर्तृत्वादात्मन्यारोप्यते जनैः
ahaṃ kartā sukhī duḥ khī kṛśaḥ sthūleti yā matiḥ / sā cāhaṅkārakartṛtvādātmanyāropyate janaiḥ
إن فكرة: «أنا الفاعل؛ أنا سعيد أو شقي؛ أنا نحيف أو سمين» تنشأ من الأنا (الأهَنْكارا) وإحساس الفاعلية؛ وبسبب فاعلية الأنا يُسقِط الناس ذلك على الذات الحقيقية.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (Ishvara Gita context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: hasya
FAQs
It states that doership and bodily/emotional conditions are not intrinsic to the Atman; they are falsely attributed to it through ego (ahaṅkāra) and the sense of agency (kartṛtva).
The verse points to viveka (discrimination) central to Yoga and jñāna: observe “I am the doer/experiencer” as an egoic construction and meditate on the witnessing Self beyond pleasure–pain and body-identifications—an inner discipline aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita orientation.
By teaching non-identification with ego and doership, it supports the Ishvara Gita’s non-dual theism where the one Supreme Lord (honored in Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis) is realized through the same Self-knowledge beyond “I” and “mine,” harmonizing sectarian names in a single reality.