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Bhagavad Gita

Translation by His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad

Chapter Three KARMA YOGA Verses 5 to 8

na hi kascit ksanam api jatu tisthaty akarma-krt karyate hy avasah karma sarvah prakrti-jair gunaih	Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.
karmendriyani samyamya ya aste manasa smaran indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacarah sa ucyate	One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender.
yas tv indriyani manasa niyamyarabhate 'rjuna karmendriyaih karma-yogam asaktah sa visisyate	On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active senses by the mind and begins karma-yoga [in Krsna consciousness] without attachment, he is by far superior.
niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyayo hy akarmanah sarira-yatrapi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmanah	Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one's physical body without work.