भगवद्गीता ४.१७
Bhagavadgītā 4.17
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥakarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
Transliteration IAST
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ | akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
Translations signed
It is needful to discriminate action, to discriminate unlawful action, and to discriminate inaction; mysterious is the path of action.
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- English It is needful to discriminate action, to discriminate unlawful action, and to discriminate inaction; mysterious is the path of action. Annie Besant
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bg.4.17- Agreement
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- text.deva
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0