Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 12.18 / 21

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord12.18

12.18
एकात्मनो विभेदश् च क्रिया कालक्रमानुगा तथा स्यात् कर्तृतैवैवं तथापरिणमत् तया ॥१८॥
ekātmano vibhedaś ca kriyā kālakramānugā tathā syāt kartṛtaivaivaṃ tathāpariṇamat tayā
— of the one (subject) whose self is single ; — differentiation ; — and ; — action ; — following the sequence of time ; — so, thus ; — would be ; — agent-hood itself ; — thus ; — in that way ; — not (really) transforming ; — through it (the action)

And the differentiation of the single-natured (subject), which is action following the sequence of time, would thus be (his) very agent-hood; thus, without itself (really) transforming, through that (action it appears as agent and effect).