किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः | तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ||४-१६||
kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo.apyatra mohitāḥ . tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase.aśubhāt ||4-16||
- kim
- what is
- karma
- action
- kim
- what is
- akarma
- inaction
- iti
- thus
- kavayaḥ
- the intelligent
- api
- also
- atra
- in this matter
- mohitāḥ
- are bewildered
- tat
- that
- te
- unto you
- karma
- work
- pravakṣyāmi
- I shall explain
- yat
- which
- jñātvā
- knowing
- mokṣyase
- you will be liberated
- aśubhāt
- from ill fortune
Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain to you what action is, knowing which you shall be liberated from all misfortune.