4.17
Chapter 4, Verse 17
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः। अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः৷৷
karmaṇō hyapi bōddhavyaṅ bōddhavyaṅ ca vikarmaṇaḥ. akarmaṇaśca bōddhavyaṅ gahanā karmaṇō gatiḥ৷৷
Translation
It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
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. Commentary: No Commentary.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.