Action & Karma
Bhagavad Gita 3.4
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute . na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||
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Swami SivanandaEnglish
3.4 Not by non-performance of actions does man reach actionlessness; nor by mere renunciation does he attain to perfection.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish
Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection.