किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिता: तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्
kiṁ karma kim akarmeti kavayo ’pyatra mohitāḥ tat te karma pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣhyase ’śhubhāt
Recitation · Text 4.16
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (17 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna concedes that even the wise are confused about what action and inaction actually are — and promises to explain it, knowing which Arjuna will be freed from what is inauspicious. An admission of genuine difficulty precedes the teaching.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:An honest admission that this is genuinely hard comes before the teaching, not after it.