4.16
Chapter 4, Verse 16
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः। तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्৷৷
kiṅ karma kimakarmēti kavayō.pyatra mōhitāḥ. tattē karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mōkṣyasē.śubhāt৷৷
Translation
What is action and what is inaction? It is a question which has bewildered the wise. But I will declare unto thee the philosophy of action, and knowing it, thou shalt be free from evil.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
किम् what, कर्म action, किम् what, अकर्म inaction, इति thus, कवयः wise, अपि also, अत्र in this, मोहिताः (are) deluded, तत् that, ते to thee, कर्म action, प्रवक्ष्यामि (I) shall teach, यत् which, ज्ञात्वा having known, मोक्ष्यसे (thou) shalt be liberated, अशुभात् from evil. Commentary: No Commentary.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.