Karmanyakarma yah pashyed akarmani cha karma yah;
Sa buddhimaan manushyeshu sa yuktah kritsnakarmakrit.
18. He who seeth inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a
Yogi and performer of all actions.
COMMENTARY
It is the idea of agency, the idea of “I am the doer” that binds man to
worldliness. If this idea vanishes, action is no action at all. It does not bind one to worldliness. This
is inaction in action. But if a man sits quietly, thinking of actions and that he is their doer, he is ever
doing actions. This is referred to as action in inaction.
