Jñāna Yoga · Verse 18

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः | स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्

karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ | sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt

Whoever sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is united, the doer of all action.

The culminating verse on correct vision. Seeing akarma in karma — physical action is karmic inaction because it generates no seeds.

Seeing karma in akarma — apparent inactivity may be intense mental action. Buddhimān — endowed with discernment — perceives this paradox. Yuktaḥ — united — indicates realization. Kṛtsna-karma-kṛt — doer of all action — is paradoxical: only by acting totally without attachment does one truly act.