Chapter 4, Verse 18
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्।।4.18।।
karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ। sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt।।4.18।।
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- कर्मणि
- in action
- अकर्म
- inaction
- यः
- who
- पश्येत्
- sees
- अकर्मणि
- in inaction
- च
- and
- कर्म
- action
- यः
- who
- सः
- he
- बुद्धिमान्
- wise/intelligent
- मनुष्येषु
- among men
- सः
- he
- युक्तः
- united (with the Divine)/disciplined
- कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्
- performer of all actions
Commentary
18. He who can see inaction in action, who can also see action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is devout, he is the performer of all action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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च
कर्म
यः
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