5:14  

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।
न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥५- १४॥

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Transliteration

na kartRRitwaM na karmaaNi lokasya sRRijati prabhuH ।

na karmaphalasaMyogaM swabhaawastu prawartate ॥५- १४॥

Translation

The Lord generates neither agency, nor actions of the world,

Nor attachment to fruits of actions, but inherent nature sets these in motion.

Translation

The Lord neither creates the urge for action nor the feeling of doership nor the attachment to the results of action in people. All these are done by the (Gunas of) nature.

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.