The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The Philosophy of Action - Sloka 16-22
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 17
Karmanah hi api bodhatvyam bodhatvyam cha vikarmanah I
Akarmanah cha bodhatvyam gahana karmanah gatih II sloka 17
कर्मणः हि अपि बोधत्व्यं बोधत्व्यं च विकर्मणः ।अकर्मणः च बोधत्व्यं गहना कर्मणः गतिः ।। श्लोक १७
It is needful to discriminate action, to discriminate forbidden action, and to discriminate inaction; inscrutable is the way of karma.
What the scriptures advocate as auspicious work is here designated as action; and what they prohibit as harmful and inauspicious work is described as forbidden work. But the forbidden action is not dealt with here but dealt with later in chapter 16 & 17. The characteristics of action and inaction are detailed further.
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