ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग · श्लोक 18

भगवद् गीता 4.18

Freedom can live inside action, and bondage can hide inside stillness.

Wisdom translation, edited by Ankur Shukla. Commentary AI-drafted, human-reviewed. Reviewed June 2026. Methodology →

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः ।
स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
जो मनुष्य कर्ममें अकर्म देखता है और जो अकर्ममें कर्म देखता है, वह मनुष्योंमें बुद्धिमान् है, योगी है और सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंको करनेवाला है ॥
English
One who sees action in inaction, and inaction in action, is wise among people; that person is disciplined and complete in action.

श्लोक का अर्थ

A truly wise person sees that outward action can be inwardly free, and apparent inaction can still hide attachment or effort.

संदर्भ और टिप्पणी

On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen before battle, and Krishna is explaining the strange nature of action itself. After saying action is hard to understand, he points to a person who acts without inner bondage and sees that real freedom can exist inside movement.

आज के संदर्भ में

You sit in a silent room after sending the message that may end a relationship. Nothing looks dramatic from outside, yet everything has changed. This verse names that hidden kind of action.

सार

You can stop measuring worth by visible busyness and trust a deeper kind of effectiveness.

शब्दार्थ

कर्मणि (in action) / अकर्म (inaction) / यः (who) / पश्येत् (sees) / अकर्मणि (in inaction) / च (and) / कर्म (action) / यः (who) / सः (that one) / बुद्धिमान् (wise) / मनुष्येषु (among people) / सः (that one) / युक्तः (disciplined, united) / कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् (one who does all action completely)

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