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Bhagavad Gita

Translation by His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad

Chapter Three KARMA YOGA Verses 33 to 36

sadrsam chestate svasyah prakrter jnanavan api prakrtim yanti bhutani nigrahah kim karisyati	Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows his nature. What can repression accomplish?
indriyasyendriyasyarthe raga-dvesau vyavasthitau tayor na vasam agacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau	Attraction and repulsion for sense objects are felt by embodied beings, but one should not fall under the control of senses and sense objects because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization.
sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah para-dharmat svanusthitat sva-dharme nidhanam sreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah	It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though they may be faultily, than another's duties. Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous.
arjuna uvaca atha kena prayukto 'yam papam charati purusah anicchann api varsneya balad iva niyojitah	Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?