Chapter 4, Verse 16
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः। तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्।।4.16।।
kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo'pyatra mohitāḥ. tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt..4.16..
Word by word
- किं
- what
- कर्म
- action
- किम्
- what
- अकर्म
- inaction
- इति
- thus (quoting the question)
- कवयः
- the wise/sages
- अपि
- even
- अत्र
- here, on this point
- मोहिताः
- are confused/deluded
- तत्
- that
- ते
- to you
- कर्म
- action
- प्रवक्ष्यामि
- I shall explain/declare
- यत्
- which
- ज्ञात्वा
- having known
- मोक्ष्यसे
- you shall be freed/liberated
- अशुभात्
- from evil/inauspiciousness
Commentary
16. What is action ? What is inaction — As to this, even the wise are deluded 1 shall teach thee such action, by knowing which thou shalt be liberated from evil.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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किं
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किम्
अकर्म
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कवयः
अपि
अत्र
मोहिताः
तत्
ते
कर्म
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