क्रियामात्रादृते यस्य स्वपरिस्पन्दरूपिणः । नाऽन्यदालक्ष्यते रूपं न कर्म न समीहितम् ॥ २ ॥
kriyāmātrādṛtē yasya svaparispandarūpiṇaḥ | nā’nyadālakṣyatē rūpaṁ na karma na samīhitam || 2 ||
Translation
Apart from mere action, his own movement being his form, no other form of his is seen, no deed and no intent.
Word by word
- kriyā
- action
- mātrād
- (mātrāt) mere
- ṛtē
- apart from
- yasya
- his
- sva
- own
- parispanda
- movement
- rūpiṇaḥ
- being his form
- na
- no
- anyad
- (anyat) other
- ālakṣyatē
- is seen
- rūpaṁ
- form
- karma
- deed
- samīhitam
- intent
Meaning
Fate has no shape of its own. All one can see of it is kriyā, action, its own pulsing (parispanda): the deed and then its fruit. The commentary: beyond the arising of the fruit of one's own action, no form, act or wish of fate can be seen. This is a precise teaching. What people call fate is nothing but their own actions coming back to them. The reader is shown where fate is made: in what they do.