किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः ।
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्॥
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः ।
अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥
Transliteration
kiṃ karma kim akarmeti kavayo’py-atra mohitāḥ |
tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yaj-jñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt || 16 ||
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ |
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo-gatiḥ || 17 ||
Translation
Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain to you what action is, knowing which you shall be liberated from all sins. The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is.
Purport
In the last chapter and few Shlokas in this chapter Bhagvan Shri Krishna given the introduction and some specifics of Karma yoga. But starting from these Shlokas till Sh#34 Bhagvan Shri Krishna explains Karma yoga in detail. Sh#24 till Sh#34 is especially for the subject of Yajna which is another very important concept of Karma Yoga.
In the above Subject, Bhagvan Shri Krishna explained the very intricacies of Karma. Something which appears so simple and obvious to general people in fact is very subject and complex to understand. Bhagvan Shri Krishna explained the division of types of action, which are as follows:
1. Karma(The prescribed actions)
2. Vikarma(The diversified or prohibited Karma)
3. Akarma(The Inaction)
In later verses, the above three types of actions are discussed.
