Action & Karma
Bhagavad Gita 18.19
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ताच त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः | प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ||१८-१९||
jñānaṃ karma ca kartāca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ . procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi ||18-19||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
18.19 Knowledge, action and actor are declared in the science of the Gunas (Sankhya philosophy) to be of three kinds only, according to the distinction of the Gunas. Of these also, hear duly.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
According to the three different modes of material nature, there are three kinds of knowledge, action and performer of action. Now hear of them from Me.