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
“我是作者；我乐或苦；我瘦或胖”的观念，源于我慢与作意之执；众生因这种我执之作，便将其强加于真我之上。
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.