{
  "id": "gita/4.17",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.17/",
  "work": {
    "key": "gita",
    "title": "Bhagavad Gītā"
  },
  "ref": "4.17",
  "speaker": "Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः ।\nअकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥ ४.१७ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ |\nakarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "karmaṇaḥ hi api boddhavyam",
      "meaning": "action indeed must be understood",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "boddhavyam ca vikarmaṇaḥ",
      "meaning": "and wrong action must be understood",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "akarmaṇaḥ ca boddhavyam",
      "meaning": "and inaction must be understood",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "gahanā",
      "meaning": "deep, hard to fathom",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "karmaṇaḥ gatiḥ",
      "meaning": "the way of action",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "कर्म को भी जानना चाहिए, विकर्म को भी जानना चाहिए, और अकर्म को भी जानना चाहिए; क्योंकि कर्म की गति गहन है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "கர்மத்தையும் அறிய வேண்டும், விகர்மத்தையும் அறிய வேண்டும், அகர்மத்தையும் அறிய வேண்டும்; ஏனெனில் கர்மத்தின் போக்கு ஆழமானது.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "కర్మను తెలుసుకోవాలి, వికర్మను తెలుసుకోవాలి, అకర్మను కూడా తెలుసుకోవాలి; ఎందుకంటే కర్మ గతి గహనమైనది.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಕರ್ಮವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು, ವಿಕರ್ಮವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು, ಅಕರ್ಮವನ್ನೂ ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಕರ್ಮದ ಗತಿ ಗಹನವಾದುದು.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "കർമ്മത്തെ അറിയണം, വികർമ്മത്തെ അറിയണം, അകർമ്മത്തെയും അറിയണം; കാരണം കർമ്മത്തിന്റെ ഗതി ഗഹനമാണ്.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "কর্মকে জানতে হবে, বিকর্মকে জানতে হবে, অকর্মকেও জানতে হবে; কারণ কর্মের গতি গহন।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "कर्म जाणले पाहिजे, विकर्म जाणले पाहिजे आणि अकर्मही जाणले पाहिजे; कारण कर्माची गती गहन आहे.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "કર્મને જાણવું જોઈએ, વિકર્મને જાણવું જોઈએ અને અકર્મને પણ જાણવું જોઈએ; કારણ કે કર્મની ગતિ ગહન છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਕਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਜਾਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ, ਵਿਕਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਜਾਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅਕਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਜਾਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ; ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਦੀ ਗਤੀ ਡੂੰਘੀ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "କର୍ମକୁ ଜାଣିବା ଆବଶ୍ୟକ, ବିକର୍ମକୁ ଜାଣିବା ଆବଶ୍ୟକ, ଅକର୍ମକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଜାଣିବା ଆବଶ୍ୟକ; କାରଣ କର୍ମର ଗତି ଗହନ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "عمل کو بھی سمجھنا چاہیے، غلط عمل کو بھی سمجھنا چاہیے اور بے عملی کو بھی سمجھنا چاہیے؛ کیونکہ عمل کی راہ گہری ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "One must understand what action is, one must understand wrong action, and one must understand inaction; for the way of action is hard to fathom.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Hay que comprender la acción, hay que comprender la acción indebida y hay que comprender la inacción, pues el curso de la acción es insondable.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Il faut comprendre l'action, il faut comprendre l'action fautive, et il faut comprendre la non-action ; car la voie de l'action est insondable.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Man muss das Handeln verstehen, man muss das falsche Handeln verstehen, und man muss das Nicht-Handeln verstehen; denn der Weg des Handelns ist schwer zu ergründen.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "É preciso compreender a ação, é preciso compreender a ação indevida e é preciso compreender a inação, pois o curso da ação é insondável.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Надо понять, что такое действие, надо понять, что такое неправильное действие, и надо понять, что такое бездействие; ибо путь действия непостижим.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "应当了解行动，应当了解错误的行动，也应当了解无为；因为行动之道深奥难测。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "行為を知るべきであり、誤った行為を知るべきであり、無為をも知るべきである。行為の道は深遠だからである。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "ينبغي فهم العمل، وينبغي فهم العمل الخاطئ، وينبغي فهم اللاعمل؛ فإن مسار العمل عميق.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Perbuatan harus dipahami, perbuatan yang keliru harus dipahami, dan tanpa-perbuatan pun harus dipahami; sebab jalan perbuatan itu dalam dan sulit diselami.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ต้องรู้ว่ากรรมคืออะไร ต้องรู้ว่าวิกรรมคืออะไร และต้องรู้ว่าอกรรมคืออะไร เพราะทางแห่งกรรมนั้นยากที่จะเข้าใจได้",
      "translator": "Vedyatra AI draft",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Bhagavad Gītā 4.17, vulgate text (gita/gita open dataset)",
    "license": "Public domain"
  },
  "topics": [
    "karma",
    "inaction",
    "knowledge"
  ],
  "citation": "Bhagavad Gītā 4.17. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.17/"
}