Word meanings
- kim
- what
- karma
- action
- kim
- what
- akarma
- inaction
- iti
- thus
- kavayaḥ
- the wise
- api
- even
- atra
- in this
- mohitāḥ
- are confused
- tat
- that
- te
- to you
- karma
- action
- pravakṣyāmi
- I shall explain
- yat
- which
- jñātvā
- knowing
- mokṣyase
- you may free yourself
- aśubhāt
- from inauspiciousness
Translations
What is action? What is inaction? Even the wise are confused about this. Therefore, I shall teach you the nature of action and inaction, by knowing which you will be liberated from the evil of Samsara, the wheel of birth and death.
What is action and what is inaction? This is a question that has bewildered the wise. But I will declare to you the philosophy of action, and knowing it, you will be free from evil.
Even the intelligent are confounded as to what is action and what is inaction. I shall tell you of that action, knowing which you will become free from evil.
कर्म क्या है और अकर्म क्या है -- इस प्रकार इस विषयमें विद्वान् भी मोहित हो जाते हैं। अतः वह कर्म-तत्त्व मैं तुम्हें भलीभाँति कहूँगा, जिसको जानकर तू अशुभ- (संसार-बन्धन-) से मुक्त हो जायगा।