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BG 4.17 — 4.17 For verily (the true nature) of action (enjoined by the scriptures) should be known, also (that) of forbidden (or unlawful) action, and of inaction; | Live Gita
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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||


।।4.17।। कर्म का (स्वरूप) जानना चाहिये और विकर्म का (स्वरूप) भी जानना चाहिये ; (बोद्धव्यम्) तथा अकर्म का भी (स्वरूप) जानना चाहिये (क्योंकि) कर्म की गति गहन है।।

Word-by-word meanings

4.17 कर्मणः of action? हि for? अपि also? बोद्धव्यम् should be known? बोद्धव्यम् should be known? च and? विकर्मणः of the forbidden action? अकर्मणः of inaction? च and? बोद्धव्यम् should be known? गहना deep? कर्मणः of action? गतिः the path.No Commentary.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।4.17।।तुझे यह नहीं समझना चाहिये कि केवल देहादिकी चेष्टाका नाम कर्म है और उसे न करके चुपचाप बैठ रहनेका नाम अकर्म है उसमें जाननेकी बात ही क्या है यह तो लोकमें प्रसिद्ध ही है। क्यों ( ऐसा नहीं समझना चाहिये ) इस पर कहते हैं कर्मकाशास्त्रविहित क्रियाका भी ( रहस्य ) जानना चाहिये विकर्मकाशास्त्रवर्जित कर्मका भी ( रहस्य ) जानना चाहिये और अकर्मका अर्थात् चुपचाप बैठ रहनेका भी ( रहस्य ) समझना चाहिये। क्योंकि कर्मोंकी अर्थात् कर्म अकर्म और विकर्मकी गति उनका यथार्थ स्वरूप तत्त्व बड़ा गहन है समझनेमें बड़ा ही कठिन है।

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Swami Gambirananda

4.17 For there is something to be known even about action, and something to be known about prohibited action; and something has to be known about inaction. The true nature of action is inscrutable.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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