karmaṇā

How it is translated

• by the performance of prescribed duties (1)
• by one’s natural occupation (1)
• actions (1)

Every verse

1. 3.20कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥJanaka and others attained perfection indeed through action alone; even with the intention of protecting the masses, you should perform action.Here: by the performance of prescribed duties
2. 18.46यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।yataḥ pravṛittir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatamHe from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with his own duty, one attains perfection.Here: by one’s natural occupation
3. 18.60स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा।swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇāO Arjuna, bound by your own Karma (action) born of your own nature, that which from delusion you wish not to do, even that you shall do helplessly.Here: actions