Chapter 3 • Verse 28

Karma Yoga

The Yoga of Action

Sanskrit Verse

Tattva-vit tu maha-baho guna-karma-vibhagayoh, guna guneshu vartanta iti matva na sajjate

Translation & Meaning

But one who knows the truth, O mighty-armed, about the division of the modes of nature and their actions, understands that it is merely the modes acting upon modes, and does not become attached.

Key Teachings

  • All action is the interplay of the three gunas
  • The true self is not the doer — nature acts through us
  • Knowledge of the gunas dissolves attachment to outcomes

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