# Bhagavad Gita 4.16

**Canonical reference:** `gita.4.16`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः।
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥

## IAST

kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo.apyatra mohitāḥ
tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase.aśubhāt

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Therefore do you, too, perform action as was done by men of old in olden times. Even sages are confused as to what is action, what inaction. Therefore I will speak to you about action, and learning that, you will be freed from (this world of) evil. One must possess knowledge about action

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