kartāram
- the creator
- agents of action
- the doer
In 3 verses
- 4.13
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः
karma — and activities
The four orders were brought forth by me, divided according to quality and work. Know me as their maker — and know also that I am not bound by it.
- 14.19
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति
kartāram — agents of action
When one who sees perceives no doer other than the strands, and knows what is beyond them, that one reaches my own state.
- 18.16
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः
kartāram — the doer
So one who, in spite of this, sees the self alone as the doer, with an unformed understanding, does not see rightly.