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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 18 (18.18) means: Knowledge, the thing known, and the knower are the threefold spur to action. The instrument, the act, and the doer are the threefold basis of action.
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā tri-vidhā karma-chodanā karaṇaṁ karma karteti tri-vidhaḥ karma-saṅgrahaḥ
Knowledge, the thing known, and the knower are the threefold spur to action. The instrument, the act, and the doer are the threefold basis of action.
ज्ञान, ज्ञेय और ज्ञाता कर्म के तीन प्रेरक हैं। साधन, कर्म और कर्ता कर्म के तीन आधार हैं।
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It is verse 18 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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