4.7 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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कर्माशुक्लाकृष्णं योगिनः त्रिविधमितरेषाम् ॥७॥
karma ashukla akrishnam yoginah trividham itaresham ||7||
[JW] 4.7 The yogin’s karma is neither-white-nor-black; [the karma] of others is of three kinds.
[SS] 4.7 The actions of the Yogi are neither white [good] nor black [bad]; but the actions of others are of three kinds: good, bad and mixed. [p210]
[EB] 4.7 The karma of a yogi is neither white nor black; of everyone else, it is of three types. [p416]
karmā = actions and reactions; law of cause and effect
aśuklā = not white
a-kṛṣnam = not black
yoginaḥ = for a yogi
tri = three
tri-vidham = threefold
itareṣām = of the others; for others