KARMA ASHUKLA AKRISHNAM YOGINAH TRIVIDHAM ITARESHAM ||7||
कर्माशुक्लाकृष्णं योगिनः त्रिविधमितरेषाम् ॥७॥
karma-aśukla-akṛṣṇaṁ yoginaḥ trividham-itareṣām ||7||
For a yogi, the law of cause and effect (karma) is neither white nor black, but is threefold for others. ||7||
karmā = (nom. sg. n. from karman) actions and reactions; law of cause and effect
aśuklā = (nom. sg. f. from śukla) not white
a-kṛṣnam = (acc. sg. m./acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from a-kṛṣṇa) not black
yoginaḥ = (acc. pl. m./nom. pl. m. g. sg. m./abl. sg. m. from yogin) for a yogi
tri = (iic.) three
tri-vidham = (acc. sg. m./acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n from tri-vidhā) threefold
itareṣām = (g. pl. m./g. pl. n. from itara) of the others; for others