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kiḿ karma kim akarmeti kavayo ‘py atra mohitāḥ tat te karma pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣyase ‘śubhāt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.16 Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is...

karmaṇo hy api boddhavyaḿ boddhavyaḿ ca vikarmaṇaḥ akarmaṇaś ca boddhavyaḿ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.17 The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly...

karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.18 One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and...

yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.19 One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every endeavor is devoid of desire for sense...

tyaktvā karma-phalāsańgaḿ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ’pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.20 Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and...

nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.21 Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled, gives up all...

yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.22 He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not...

nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.23 The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in...

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.24 A person who is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual...

daivam evāpare yajñaḿ yoginaḥ paryupāsate brahmāgnāv apare yajñaḿ yajñenaivopajuhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.25 Some yogis perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them...