Bhagavad Gita · 4.16
॥
Devanāgarī
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः ।
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kiṁ karma kim akarmeti kavayo 'py atra mohitāḥ |
tat te karma pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
किम् कर्मkiṁ karmawhat is action?
किम् अकर्मkim akarmawhat is inaction?
इतिition this matter
कवयः अपिkavayaḥ apieven the sages
अत्रatrahere, in this
मोहिताःmohitāḥconfused, bewildered
तत्tatthat
तेteto you
कर्मkarmathe [nature of] action
प्रवक्ष्यामिpravakṣyāmiI shall perfectly explain
यत् ज्ञात्वाyat jñātvāknowing which
मोक्ष्यसेmokṣyaseyou will be freed
अशुभात्aśubhātfrom all that is inauspicious, from evil
Translation
“What is action and what is inaction? — even the sages are confused on this question. I shall perfectly explain to you the nature of action, and, knowing this, you will be freed from all evil.”
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