“All actions are carried out by the forces of nature. But the self, fooled by ego, thinks, ‘I am the doer.’”

Most of what happens in you simply happens: digestion, mood, the weather of thought. The verse says action flows from nature's forces, while the ego steps in afterwards to sign its name to the work.

Held gently, this loosens both pride and shame. You are less the author of events than the space they move through, and on a bad day that is oddly steadying.