Chapter 3, Verse 8
Part of 3: Karm Yog — कर्मयोगनियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः। शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः॥
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niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ śharīra-yātrāpi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ
നീ നിന്റെ വിഹിതമായ കർമ്മം ചെയ്യുക, എന്തെന്നാൽ അകർമ്മത്തെക്കാൾ കർമ്മം ശ്രേഷ്ഠമാകുന്നു, അകർമ്മംകൊണ്ട് നിന്റെ ശരീരനിർവഹണവും സാധ്യമാകുകയില്ല.
Niyatam Karma is an obligatory duty which one is bound to perform. Thenonperformance of the bounden duties causes demerit. The performance of the obligatory duties is not a means for the attainment of a specific result. The performance does not cause any merit. Living itself involves several natural and unavoidable actions which have to be performed by all. It is ignorance to say? I can live doing nothing.