ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना |\nकरणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः ||१८-१८||
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā .\nkaraṇaṃ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasaṃgrahaḥ ||18-18||
Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower—these are the three factors that induce action. The instrument of action, the act itself, and the doer—these are the three constituents of action.