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GÍTA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
$ ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।
करणं कर्म कति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः ॥१८॥ ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।
प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥ १९॥ from the Karma-Yogic point of view, the consideration, of the divisions of Karma into sāttvika, etc., started in Chap. XVII.)
(18) jñāna, jñeya, and jñātā is the three-fold division of karma-codanā; and karaná, karma and kartā is the threefold division of karma-samgraha. (19) jñānu, karma, and: kartā each falls into three sub-divisions by reason of the difference in the three (sattua, rajas, and tamas) constituents, as has been stated in the gunasamkhyāna-śāstra (that is, in the Kāpila-Sāmkhya-Šāstra). Hear those (sub-divisions) just as they have been mentioned (which I am describing ta. you).
(The words 'karma-codanā' and 'karma-saigraha' are technical expressions. Before any act is performed by the organs, that Action has to be decided upon by the Mind. Therefore, this mental operation is called 'karmacodanā', that is the first inspiration to do the act'; and that has naturally three aspects, namely, the 'jñana', the ' jñeya' and the 'jñātā'. For instance, before actually manufacturing an earthen pot, the potter (jñātā) says in. his own mind: "I have to do this particular thing (jñeya), and it can be done in a particular way (jñāna)". This is the karma-codana'. When in this way, a decision has been arrived at in the Mind, the potter (karta) gets together implements ( karana ) like earth, wheel etc., and actually manufactures the earthen pot ( karma). This is the karma-samgraha. Though the earthen pot is the
karma' (Action) of the potter, it is also referred to as the ' kārya' of the earth. To proceed : it will be seen that the word "karma-codana' indicates the Action which takes place in the Mind or in the internal sense'; and the word 'karma-sangraha' indicates the external Actions, which correspond with that mental Action. In order to fully
