Shloka 11
संयोगलक्षणोत्पत्ति: कर्मणा गृह्ते यथा । करणै: कर्मनिर्वृत्ति: कर्ता यद् यद् विचेष्टते । कीर्त्यते शब्दसंज्ञाभि: को5हमेषो5प्यसाविति
saṃyoga-lakṣaṇotpattiḥ karmaṇā gṛhyate yathā | karaṇaiḥ karma-nirvṛttiḥ kartā yad yad viceṣṭate | kīrtyate śabda-saṃjñābhiḥ ko’ham eṣo’py asāv iti ||
ビーシュマは言った。プラクリティとプルシャの結合を相として、動くものと動かぬものから成る世界は生起するが、それは業（カルマ）とその結果によって知られる。心と感官という器具を通して、この具身の者は行為をなす。彼がなすいかなる行為も、その行為ゆえに彼はその作者（行為者）と呼ばれる。ゆえに世の常の言葉—「誰か」「我」「これ」「それ」—によって人々は彼を語り、行為の領域において同一性と責任を定めるのである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Identity as “doer” is a conventional designation arising in the domain of karma: when consciousness (Puruṣa) is conjoined with nature (Prakṛti), actions occur through instruments like mind and senses, and on that basis one is labeled “I/this/that” and held to agency.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented ethics and philosophy, Bhīṣma explains to the inquirer how the world-process and personal identity are understood through action, and how linguistic labels of selfhood track performed deeds rather than an ultimate, independent agent.