las gaṅ źe na | sems pa’i las daṅ | bsams1
pa’i las te2
| las kyi3
mtshan ñid mdor bsdus4
pa’o ||
yaṅ las rnam pa lṅa ste | dmigs pa’i las daṅ | byed pa’i las daṅ | rtsol ba’i las daṅ | bsgyur5
ba’i las daṅ | ’thob pa’i las so ||
skabs: ’dir ni6
phal cher rtsol ba’i las su ’dod do ||
What is action (karman)? It is the action that is intention (cetanā) and the action after having intended (cetayitvā). [That is] the condensed definition of action.
Moreover, action is also of five kinds: the action that is perception (upalabdhikarman), the action that is efficacy (kāritrakarman), the action that is determination (vyavasāyakarman), the action that is transformation (pariṇatikarman) and the action that is obtainment (prāptikarman).
In this context, however, the action that is determination is meant mainly.
