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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 18 (4.18) means: The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is wise among people. Steady within, they carry out every kind of work.
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्।।4.18।।
karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśhyed akarmaṇi cha karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣhyeṣhu sa yuktaḥ kṛitsna-karma-kṛit
The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is wise among people. Steady within, they carry out every kind of work.
जो कर्म में अकर्म और अकर्म में कर्म देखता है, वही लोगों में ज्ञानी है। भीतर से स्थिर रहकर वह हर तरह का कर्म करता है।
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It is verse 18 of Chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 42 verses in total.
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