BG 3.27
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
Word-for-word meanings
sarvaśaḥ — all; karmāṇi — actions; kriyamāṇāni — are performed; guṇaiḥ — by the senses composed of the guṇas; prakṛteḥ — of material nature; ātmā — [yet] the person whose mind; ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha — is deluded by egoic identification; manyate — thinks; iti — thus; kartā aham — “I am the doer.”
Translation
All actions are conducted by the senses that are composed of the guṇas of prakṛti. Yet, the person whose mind is deluded by egoic identification thinks, “I am the doer.”