Action & Karma
Bhagavad Gita 3.33
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि | प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ||३-३३||
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi . prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati ||3-33||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
3.33 Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow Nature; what can restraint do?
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?