Verse 11
Niralamba
कर्मेति च—क्रियमाणेन्द्रियैः कर्मण्यहं करोमीत्यध्यात्मनिष्ठतया कृतं कर्मैव कर्म। अकर्मेति च—कर्तृत्वभोक्तृत्वाद्यहङ्कारतया बन्धरूपं जन्मादिकारणं नित्यनैमित्तिकयागव्रततपोदानादिषु फलाभिसन्धानं यत्तदकर्म॥११-१२॥
कर्म इति च — क्रियमाणैः इन्द्रियैः कर्मणि अहं करोमि इति अध्यात्म-निष्ठतया कृतम् कर्म एव कर्म । अकर्म इति च — कर्तृत्व-भोक्तृत्व-आदि-अहङ्कारतया बन्ध-रूपम् जन्म-आदि-कारणम् नित्य-नैमित्तिक-याग-व्रत-तपः-दान-आदिषु फल-अभिसन्धानम् यत् तत् अकर्म ॥११-१२॥
karmeti ca—kriyamāṇendriyaiḥ karmaṇy ahaṃ karomīty adhyātma-niṣṭhatayā kṛtaṃ karmaiva karma | akarmeti ca—kartṛtva-bhoktṛtvādy-ahaṅkāratayā bandha-rūpaṃ janmādi-kāraṇaṃ nitya-naimittika-yāga-vrata-tapo-dānādiṣu phalābhisandhānaṃ yat tad akarma ||11–12||
Dan tentang ‘karma’ (tindakan): tindakan itulah tindakan sejati bila, ketika indria melakukan perbuatan, perbuatan itu dikerjakan dengan keteguhan batin (adhyātma-niṣṭhā) sebagai kesadaran ‘aku bertindak’ di dalam tindakan itu. Dan tentang ‘akarma’ (non-tindakan): apa pun yang, karena keakuan sebagai pelaku dan penikmat dan sebagainya, menjadi belenggu, sebab kelahiran dan seterusnya—yakni mengikat niat pada hasil dalam yajña wajib dan insidental, kaul, tapa, dana, dan sejenisnya—itulah yang disebut non-tindakan.
And as to ‘action’ (karma): action alone is (true) action when, while the senses are performing the act, it is done with inner steadfastness (adhyātma-niṣṭhā) as ‘I act’ in that action. And as to ‘non-action’ (akarma): that which, through the ego-sense of agency and enjoyership and the like, becomes bondage, the cause of birth and so on—namely, the aiming at results in obligatory and occasional rites, vows, austerities, gifts, and the like—that is (called) non-action.