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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:18

 

jnanam jneyam parijnata

tri-vidha karma-codana

karanam karma karteti

tri-vidhah karma-sangrahah.

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

jnanam--knowledge; jneyam--the objective of knowledge; parijnata--the

knower; tri-vidha--of three kinds; karma--of work; codana--the

impetus; karanam--the senses; karma--the work; karta--the doer;

iti--thus; tri-vidhah--of three kinds; karma--of work; sangrahah--the

accumulation.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the three

factors that motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer are

the three constituents of action.

 

PURPORT

 

There are three kinds of impetus for daily work: knowledge, the object

of knowledge, and the knower. The instruments of work, the work itself

and the worker are called the constituents of work. Any work done by

any human being has these elements. Before one acts, there is some

impetus, which is called inspiration. Any solution arrived at before

work is actualized is a subtle form of work. Then work takes the form

of action. First one has to undergo the psychological processes of

thinking, feeling and willing, and that is called impetus. The

inspiration to work is the same if it comes from the scripture or from

the instruction of the spiritual master. When the inspiration is there

and the worker is there, then actual activity takes place by the help

of the senses, including the mind, which is the center of all the

senses. The sum total of all the constituents of an activity are

called the accumulation of work.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.

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