Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 43
The three kinds of action
ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मीत्यपरोक्षज्ञानेन निखिलकर्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्तः स्यात् । कर्माणि कतिविधानि सन्तीति चेत् आगामिसञ्चितप्रारब्धभेदेन त्रिविधानि सन्ति ।
brahmaivāhamasmītyaparokṣajñānena nikhilakarmabandhavinirmuktaḥ syāt | karmāṇi katividhāni santīti cet āgāmisañcitaprārabdhabhedena trividhāni santi |
By the direct knowledge 'I am Brahman alone,' one is freed from the whole bondage of action. And how many kinds of action are there? By the division into the coming, the stored, and the begun, they are of three kinds.
In plain words
By the direct knowledge 'I alone am Brahman,' one is freed from the entire bondage of karma. How many kinds of karma are there? Three: āgāmi (coming), sañcita (stored), and prārabdha (begun).
The terms set down here
- karma