ज्ञात्वाज्ञात्वा च कर्माणि जनोऽयमनुतिष्ठति । विदुष: कर्मसिद्धि: स्याद् यथा नाविदुषो भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥
jñatvājñātvā ca karmāṇi jano ’yam anutiṣṭhati viduṣaḥ karma-siddhiḥ syād yathā nāviduṣo bhavet
- jñātvā
- understanding
- ajñātvā
- not understanding
- ca
- also
- karmāṇi
- activities
- janaḥ
- the common people
- ayam
- these
- anutiṣṭhati
- perform
- viduṣaḥ
- for one who is wise
- karma-siddhiḥ
- achievement of the intended goal of activity
- syāt
- arises
- yathā
- as
- na
- not
- aviduṣaḥ
- for one who is foolish
- bhavet
- occurs
When people in this world perform activities, sometimes they understand what they are doing and sometimes they don’t. Those who know what they are doing achieve success in their work, whereas ignorant people do not.