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Bhagavad Gita

Translation by His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad

Chapter Three KARMA YOGA Verses 25 to 28

saktah karmany avidvamso yatha kurvanti bharata kuryad vidvams tathasaktas chikirsur loka-sangraham	As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly the learned may also act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.
na buddhi-bhedam janayed ajnanam karma-sanginam josayet sarva-karmani vidvan yuktah samacharan	Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action, they should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.
prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate	The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.
tattva-vit tu maha-baho guna-karma-vibhagayoh guna guneshu vartanta iti matva na sajjate	One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification, knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive results.