किं कर्म किम् अकर्मेति कवयो ऽप्य् अत्र मोहिताः ॥
तत् ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज् ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसे ऽशुभात् ॥
कर्मणो ह्य् अपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः ॥
अकर्मणश् च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥
कर्मण्य् अकर्म यः पश्येद् अकर्मणि च कर्म यः ॥
स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसंकल्पवर्जिताः ॥
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तम् आहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ॥
कर्मण्य् अभिप्रवृत्तो ऽपि नैव किं चित् करोति सः ॥
निराशीर् यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ॥
शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन् नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥
यदृच्छालाभसंतुष्टो द्वंद्वातीतो विमत्सरः ॥
समः सिद्धाव् असिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ॥
यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥
kiṃ karma kim akarmeti kavayo 'py atra mohitāḥ ||
tat te karma pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt ||
karmaṇo hy api boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ ||
akarmaṇaś ca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||
karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ ||
sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt ||
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṃkalpavarjitāḥ ||
jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ ||
tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ ||
karmaṇy abhipravṛtto 'pi naiva kiṃ cit karoti saḥ ||
nirāśīr yatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ ||
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ||
yadṛcchālābhasaṃtuṣṭo dvaṃdvātīto vimatsaraḥ ||
samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate ||
gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ ||
yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate ||
"What is action and what is inaction — in this even the sages were confused. Therefore I shall explain action to you; knowing it, you will be freed from evil. One must understand action, one must understand forbidden action, and one must understand inaction, for the path of karma is deep. Whoever sees inaction in action and action in inaction is wise among men; he is a yogin and the accomplisher of all deeds. One whose every undertaking is free of desire and design, whose actions are burned by the fire of knowledge — him the wise call learned. Having abandoned attachment to the fruit of action, ever content and independent, he, even while engaged in action, does nothing at all. Without expectation, with mind restrained, having renounced all possessiveness, performing only the necessary bodily action, he incurs no sin. Content with what comes unsought, beyond the pairs of opposites, free of envy, equal in success and failure, even acting, he is not bound. For one who has abandoned attachment, who is liberated, whose consciousness is established in knowledge and who acts for the sake of sacrifice, all action dissolves entirely."
6d78e2101c97 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 8:55:05 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The paradox of action and inaction reveals the heart of karma-yoga. Outwardly a person acts, but when action is purified by knowledge, sacrifice, and freedom from possessiveness, it creates no bonds of karma.