Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.16 · 4 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
।।4.16।। किं कर्म किं च अकर्म इति कवयः मेधाविनः अपि अत्र अस्मिन् कर्मादिविषये मोहिताः मोहं गताः। तत् अतः ते तुभ्यम् अहं कर्म अकर्म च प्रवक्ष्यामि यत् ज्ञात्वा विदित्वा कर्मादि मोक्ष्यसे अशुभात् संसारात्।।न चैतत्त्वया मन्तव्यम् कर्म नाम देहादिचेष्टा लोकप्रसिद्धम् अकर्म नाम तदक्रिया तूष्णीमासनम् किं तत्र बोद्धव्यम् इति। कस्मात् उच्यते
4.16 Kavayah api, even the intelligent; mohitah, are confounded in this subject of action etc.; iti atra, as to; kim karma, what is action; and kim akarma, what is inaction. Therefore, pravaksyami, I shall tell; te, you; of karma, action; akarma ca, as also of inaction; jnatva, by knowing; yat, which-action etc.; moksyase, you will become free: asubhat, from evil, from transmigration. 'And you should not think thus: What is called karma is the movement of the body etc. as are well-known in the world; and akarma, inaction, is not doing those, (i.e.) sitting ietly. What is there to understand (further) in that regard?' 'Why?' The answer is: