From the Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 13, Verse 21

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते |पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ||१३-२१||

kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyate . puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve heturucyate ||13-21||

अर्थ · Hindi

।।13.21।। कार्य और कारण के उत्पन्न करने में हेतु प्रकृति कही जाती है और पुरुष सुख-दु:ख के भोक्तृत्व में हेतु कहा जाता है।।

Meaning · English

13.21 In the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of pleasure and pain, the soul is said to be the cause.

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