Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.18
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.18 · 4 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
।।4.18।।कर्मादिस्वरूपमाह कर्मणीति। कर्मणि क्रियमाणे सत्यकर्म यः पश्येत् विष्णोरेव कर्म नाहं चित्प्रतिबिम्बः किञ्चित्करोमीति। अकर्मणि सुप्त्यादावकरणावस्थायाम्। परमेश्वरस्य यः कर्म पश्यति अयमेव परमेश्वरः सर्वदा सर्वसृष्ट्यादिकं करोतीति स बुद्धिमान् ज्ञानी स एव स युक्तो योगयुक्तः। सर्वाकरणाप्स एव च कृत्स्नकर्मकृत कृत्स्नफलवत्त्वात्।
Karma is the very nature of action — therefore it is called karma. When one beholds a true act as performed in action, ‘it is Vishnu alone who acts; I am not any reflective image doing anything,’ and when one sees an act in the state of non-action, as in deep sleep or latent potential, ‘that which I see as the action of the Supreme Lord — He alone is the Supreme Lord who always effects all creation and so on’ — such a one is the wise knower; he alone is the jñāni, he is the one united with yoga. All apparent inactivity also is in truth full action, because all actions are done and all fruits are present in the complete doer.