किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः ।
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥ १६ ॥
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥ १६ ॥
kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo’pyatra mohitāḥ .
tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt .. 16 ..
What is action? What is inaction—As to this, even the wise are deluded I shall teach thee such action, by knowing which thou shalt be liberated from evil.
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Even the wise are deluded as to what is action and what is inaction. Wherefore I will explain to you the nature of action and of inaction, knowing which thou shalt be released from the evil of samsara.
Neither shouldst thou think thus; “It is familiar to all that action means movement of the body, and inaction means absence of it, to sit quiet. What is there to be learnt about them?”
Wherefore?
The answer follows :