Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 16

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The Philosophy of Action - Sloka 16-22

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 16

 Vidura listening to the Bhagavatham from Sage Maitreya 

Kim karma kim akarma iti kavayah api atra mohitah I

Tat te karma pravakshyami yat gyatva mokshyase ashubhat II sloka 16

किं कर्म किं अकर्म इति कवयः अपि अत्र मोहितः ।
तत् ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यत् ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसे अशुभात् ।। श्लोक १६ 


Sages are too perplexed as to what is action, what is inaction.  Therefore I shall tell you what action is, by knowing which you shall be freed from evil. 


 The worst of all evils is that pertaining to the wheel of birth and death. To put an end to this endless evil, the way of action should be understood. It should not be thought that merely toiling to the utmost is the way of karma. This is further explained in the next sloka.