Gita Verse 18.18

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 18

Sanskrit Verse

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।

Transliteration

jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā tri-vidhā karma-chodanā

karaṇaṁ karma karteti tri-vidhaḥ karma-saṅgrahaḥ

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

Knowledge, the knowable, and the knower form the threefold impulse for action; the organ, the action, and the agent form the threefold basis of action.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18