Word meanings
- karmaṇaḥ
- recommended action
- hi
- certainly
- api
- also
- boddhavyam
- should be known
- boddhavyam
- must understand
- ca
- and
- vikarmaṇaḥ
- forbidden action
- akarmaṇaḥ
- inaction
- ca
- and
- boddhavyam
- must understand
- gahanā
- profound
- karmaṇaḥ
- of action
- gatiḥ
- the true path
Translations
For verily, the true nature of action enjoined by the scriptures should be known, as well as that of forbidden or unlawful action, and of inaction; the nature of action is hard to understand.
It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for the law of action is mysterious.
For there is something to be known even about action, and something to be known about prohibited action; and something needs to be known about inaction. The true nature of action is inscrutable.
कर्मका तत्त्व भी जानना चाहिये और अकर्मका तत्त्व भी जानना चाहिये तथा विकर्मका तत्त्व भी जानना चाहिये; क्योंकि कर्मकी गति गहन है।