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TEXT 14 na kartrtvam na karmani
SYNONYMS  na--never;
kartrtvam--proprietorship; na--nor; karmani--activities;
lokasya--of the people; srjati--creates; prabhuh--the
master of the city of the body; na--nor; karma-phala--with
the results of activities; samyogam--connection; svabhavah--the
modes of material nature; tu--but; pravartate--act.
TRANSLATION The embodied
spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor
does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action.
All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
PURPORT The living entity,
as will be explained in the Seventh Chapter, is one in nature with the
Supreme Lord, distinguished from matter, which is another nature--called
inferior--of the Lord. Somehow, the superior nature, the living entity,
has been in contact with material nature since time immemorial. The temporary
body or material dwelling place which he obtains is the cause of varieties
of activities and their resultant reactions. Living in such a conditional
atmosphere, one suffers the results of the activities of the body by identifying
himself (in ignorance) with the body. It is ignorance acquired from time
immemorial that is the cause of bodily suffering and distress. As soon
as the living entity becomes aloof from the activities of the body, he
becomes free from the reactions as well. As long as he is in the city of
body, he appears to be the master of it, but actually he is neither its
proprietor nor controller of its actions and reactions. He is simply in
the midst of the material ocean, struggling for existence. The waves of
the ocean are tossing him, and he has no control over them. His best solution
is to get out of the water by transcendental Krsna consciousness. That
alone will save him from all turmoil.
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