Chapter 4 · Verse 17The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 4.17
BG 4.17 — Chapter 4 (The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation), Verse 17, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः | अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ||४-१७||
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karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ . akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||4-17||
Roman: karmano hyapi boddhavyam boddhavyam ca vikarmanah . akarmanashca boddhavyam gahana karmano gatih
For verily (the true nature) of action (enjoined by the scriptures) should be known, also (that) of forbidden (or unlawful) action, and of inaction; hard to understand is the nature (path) of action.