BG 4.18

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः ।
स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥
karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ
sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt

Word-for-word meanings

yaḥ — one who;  paśyet — sees;  akarma — inaction;  karmaṇi — in action;  ca — and;  yaḥ — one who [sees];  karma — action;  akarmaṇi — in inaction;  saḥ — he;  buddhi-mān — [is] wise;  manuṣyeṣu — among human beings;  saḥ — such a person;  yuktaḥ — [is] established in equanimity of mind;  kṛtsna-karma-kṛt — [and] participative in all actions.

Translation

One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is wise among human beings. Such a person is established in equanimity of mind and participative in all manner of action.

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