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Bhagavad Gītā 4.18

BG 4.18

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्

karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśhyed akarmaṇi cha karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣhyeṣhu sa yuktaḥ kṛitsna-karma-kṛit

He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

karmaṇi—action; akarma—in inaction; yaḥ—who; paśhyet—see; akarmaṇi—inaction; cha—also; karma—action; yaḥ—who; saḥ—they; buddhi-mān—wise; manuṣhyeṣhu—amongst humans; saḥ—they; yuktaḥ—yogis; kṛitsna-karma-kṛit—performers all kinds of actions

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 4.18, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/4.18), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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