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किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः । तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्॥६-२६-१६॥
What is action, and what is non-action? Even the learned are perplexed here. I shall explain action to you; knowing it, you will be released from what is inauspicious.
english translation
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः । अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः॥६-२६-१७॥
One must understand action; one must also understand distorted or prohibited action; and one must understand non-action. The course of action is difficult to discern.
english translation
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः । स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्॥६-२६-१८॥
One who perceives non-action within action, and action within non-action—he is wise among humans; he is disciplined, and he has effectively accomplished all action.
english translation
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसंकल्पवर्जिताः । ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः॥६-२६-१९॥
He whose undertakings are free from desire-driven intention—whose actions have been ‘burned’ by the fire of knowledge—him the wise call a learned person.
english translation
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः । कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किंचित्करोति सः॥६-२६-२०॥
Having abandoned attachment to the fruits of action, ever content and dependent on nothing, even while fully engaged in action, in truth he does not ‘do’ anything as a binding agent.
english translation