किं कर्म किं अकर्म इति कवयः अपि अत्र मॊहिताः ।
तत् तॆ कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यत् ज्ञात्वा मॊक्ष्यसॆ अशुभात् ॥ ४.१६ ॥
ಕಿಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕಿಂ ಅಕರ್ಮ ಇತಿ ಕವಯಃ ಅಪಿ ಅತ್ರ ಮೋಹಿತಾಃ |
ತತ್ ತೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಪ್ರವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಯತ್ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಮೋಕ್ಷ್ಯಸೇ ಅಶುಭಾತ್ || ೪.೧೬ ||
kiM karma kiM akarma iti kavayaH api atra mOhitAH |
tat tE karma pravakShyAmi yat j~jAtvA mOkShyasE ashubhAt || 4.16 ||
What is karma? What is akarma? − with regard to these, even the wise people are confused. I will explain you about that karma, having understood which, you shall be liberated from the inauspicious.