Bhagavad Geeta 3.5
Sanskrit
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्। कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
na hi kaśhchit kṣhaṇam api jātu tiṣhṭhatyakarma-kṛit kāryate hyavaśhaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛiti-jair guṇaiḥ
Meaning
Action is inevitable; focus your energy on purposeful work aligned with your values rather than resisting the need to act.
Translation
For no one ever remains even for a moment without doing work, for all are made to work under compulsion by the gunas born of Nature.
Related Topics
This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: