Chapter 4

Verse 17

Bhagavad Gita

कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः |
अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ||४-१७||
Transliteration

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ .
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||4-17||
English Meaning

4.17 It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action.