Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 11.12 / 17

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord11.12

11.12
अर्थक्रियापि सहजा नार्थानाम् ईश्वरेच्छया नियता सा हि तेनास्या नाक्रियातो ऽन्यता भवेत् ॥१२॥
arthakriyāpi sahajā nārthānām īśvarecchayā niyatā sā hi tenāsyā nākriyāto 'nyatā bhavet
— causal efficacy ; — too ; — innate (to the objects) ; — not ; — of the objects ; — by the will of the Lord ; — determined, fixed ; — it (the efficacy) ; — indeed ; — therefore ; — of it (the efficacy) ; — not ; — from a non-action (the Lord's inaction) ; — difference, otherness ; — would arise

Causal efficacy too is not innate to the objects; it is determined by the will of the Lord. Indeed, by his (will alone) it is so; its variation would not arise from any (independent) action or inaction of his.