Karma means action. The deed. Bhagavad Gītā 3.5: none can ever remain for even a moment without performing action. The consequence comes back in the text itself — 3.9, the world is bound by action, and 18.12, the threefold fruit of action accrues after death. Decoded: one word, its real range, the verse on screen.
What it says
You cut someone off in traffic and thought — that’s coming back.
This is Decoded: in the Gītā, karma just means action — the deed itself.
Gītā 3.5: none can ever remain for even a moment without performing action — karma is simply what you do, not reward and not punishment.
Here’s where it gets uncomfortable — the text puts the consequence straight back in: the world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice.
And Gītā 18.12: the threefold fruit of action — evil, good and mixed — accrues after death to those who never let it go.
So karma is the deed, and the whole argument is about how far the deed reaches.
That was Decoded — one Sanskrit word, its real range, and the verse on screen.
Sources
Bhagavad Gītā 3.5 · tr. Sivananda · Bhagavad Gītā 3.9 · tr. Sivananda · Bhagavad Gītā 18.12 · tr. Sivananda · karma = the deed · Bhagavad Gītā 3.5
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