📜 Translation
The instrument of knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knowing subject—the prompting in action, consisting of these threefold elements—is the proper grasping of action with threefold elements, namely, the instrument, the object, and the agent.
— Based on traditional commentaries
🇮🇳 हिंदी अनुवाद
।।18.18।।ज्ञान, ज्ञेय और परिज्ञाता -- इन तीनोंसे कर्मप्रेरणा होती है तथा करण, कर्म और कर्ता -- इन तीनोंसे कर्मसंग्रह होता है।
📖 Word-by-Word Meaning
jñānam—knowledge; jñeyam—the object of knowledge; parijñātā—the knower; tri-vidhā—three factors; karma-chodanā—factors that induce action; karaṇam—the instrumens of action; karma—the act; kartā—the doer; iti—thus; tri-vidhaḥ—threefold; karma-saṅgrahaḥ—constituents of action
📑 Chapter Context
Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga (मोक्षसंन्यासयोग) contains 78 verses
and focuses on the yoga of liberation through renunciation.
This verse appears in the beginning of the chapter,
establishing the core concepts of this yoga.
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