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Chapter 4, Verse 17

कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः। अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः।।4.17।।

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ. akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ..4.17..

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कर्मणः
of action (right action)
हि
indeed, for
अपि
also, even
बोद्धव्यम्
is to be understood
बोद्धव्यम्
is to be understood
and
विकर्मणः
of wrong/forbidden action
अकर्मणः
of inaction
and
बोद्धव्यम्
is to be understood
गहना
deep, mysterious, hard to fathom
कर्मणः
of action
गतिः
the true nature/course

Commentary

17. For, thou hast to know something even of action, something to know of unlawful action, and something to know of inaction ; hard to under- stand is the nature of action.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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कर्मणः
हि
अपि
बोद्धव्यम्
बोद्धव्यम्
विकर्मणः
अकर्मणः
बोद्धव्यम्
गहना
कर्मणः
गतिः

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