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
- च
- and
- विकर्मणः
- of wrong/forbidden action
- अकर्मणः
- of inaction
- च
- 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
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च
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