कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः | अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ||४-१७||
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ . akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||4-17||
- karmaṇaḥ
- of work
- hi
- certainly
- api
- also
- boddhavyam
- should be understood
- boddhavyam
- should be understood
- ca
- also
- vikarmaṇaḥ
- of forbidden work
- akarmaṇaḥ
- of inaction
- ca
- also
- boddhavyam
- should be understood
- gahanā
- very difficult
- karmaṇaḥ
- of work
- gatiḥ
- entrance
The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is and what inaction is.