कर्म प्रवृत्तं च निवृत्तमप्यृतं वेदे विविच्योभयलिङ्गमाश्रितम् । विरोधि तद्यौगपदैककर्तरि द्वयं तथा ब्रह्मणि कर्म नर्च्छति ॥ २० ॥
karma pravrttam ca nivrttam apy rtam vede vivicyobhaya-lingam asritam virodhi tad yaugapadaika-kartari dvayam tatha brahmani karma narcchati
- karma
- activities
- pravrttam
- attached to material enjoyment
- ca
- and
- nivrttam
- materially detached
- api
- certainly
- rtam
- true
- vede
- in the Vedas
- vivicya
- distinguished
- ubhaya-lingam
- symptoms of both
- asritam
- directed
- virodhi
- contradictory
- tat
- that
- yaugapada-eka-kartari
- both activities in one person
- dvayam
- two
- tatha
- so
- brahmani
- in one who is transcendentally situated
- karma
- activities
- na rcchati
- are neglected
In the Vedas there are directions for two kinds of activities—activities for those who are attached to material enjoyment and activities for those who are materially detached. In consideration of these two kinds of activities, there are two kinds of people, who have different symptoms. If one wants to see two kinds of activities in one person, that is contradictory. But both kinds of activities may be neglected by a person who is transcendentally situated.