karmaṇaḥ

How it is translated

• of action (2)
• actions (2)
• than fruitive action (1)
• than action (1)
• recommended action (1)
• of vain actions (1)
• fruits of actions (1)

Every verse

1. 3.1ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।jyāyasī chet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdanaArjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, doest Thou ask me to engage in this terrible action?Here: than fruitive action
2. 3.9यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥThe world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice; do thou, therefore, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), perform actions for that sake alone…Here: than action
3. 4.17कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः।karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṁ boddhavyaṁ cha vikarmaṇaḥFor verily, the true nature of action enjoined by the scriptures should be known, as well as that of forbidden or unlawful action, and of inaction; the nature of action…Here: recommended action
4. 9.12मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।moghāśhā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vichetasaḥThey are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.Here: of vain actions
5. 14.16कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।karmaṇaḥ sukṛitasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalamThey say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is pain, and the fruit of Tamas is ignorance.Here: of action
6. 16.9एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।etāṁ dṛiṣhṭim avaṣhṭabhya naṣhṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥHolding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds come forth as enemies of the world, intent on its destruction.Here: actions
7. 18.7नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyateVerily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.Here: actions
8. 18.12अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalamThe threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do not abandon it, but never to those who do.Here: fruits of actions