Bhagavad Gītā 18.18

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना ।
करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविध: कर्मसंग्रह: ।।१८।।

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Sanskrit	Analysis (Sandhi Removed)
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā	jñānam (n. sg. nom.) - Knowledge jñeyam (n. sg. nom. gerundive of √jñā [9P]) - That which is to be known parijñātā (m. sg. nom.) - Knower
त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना trividhā karmacodanā	trividhā (f. sg. nom.) - Threefold karma (n. stem) - Action codanā (f. sg. nom.) - Impetus karmacodanā (f. sg. nom. tp.) - Impetus of action
करणं कर्म कर्तेति karaṇaṃ karma karteti	karaṇam (n. sg. nom.) - Instrument karma (n. sg. nom.) - Action kartā (m. sg. nom.) - Doer iti - Thus
त्रिविध: कर्मसंग्रह: trividhaḥ karmasaṃgrahaḥ	trividhaḥ (m. sg. nom.) - Threefold karma (n. stem) - Action saṃgrahaḥ (m. sg. nom. PPP of sam + √grah [9P]) - Things assembled together karmasaṃgrahaḥ (m. sg. nom.) - Factors of action

Threefold is the impetus of action: knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower. Threefold are the factors of action: the instrument, the action, and the doer.

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