Bhagavadgita 3.8

3.8

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karmaṃ jyāsayo hy akarmaṇaḥ |
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ ||
niyataṃ vyāptam; prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭena hi vyāptaṃ karma, anādivāsanayā prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭas tvaṃ niyatatvena suśakatvād asaṃbhāvitapramādatvāc ca karmaṇaḥ, karmaiva kuru; akarmaṇaḥ jñānaniṣṭhāyā api karmaiva jyāyaḥ / "naiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo 'śunute" iti prakramād akarmaśabdena jñānaniṣṭhaivocyate / jñānaniṣṭhādhikāriṇo 'py anabhyastapūrvatayā hy aniyatatvena duḥśakatvāt sapramādatvāc ca jñānaniṣṭhāyāḥ, karmaniṣṭhaiva jyāyasī; karmaṇi kriyamāṇe ca ātmayāthātmyajñānenātmano 'kartṛtvānusandhānam anantaram eva vakṣyate / ata ātmajñānasyāpi karmayogāntargatatvāt sa eva jyāyān ityarthaḥ / karmaṇo jñānaniṣṭhāyā jyāyastvavacanaṃ jñānaniṣṭhāyām adhikāre saty evopapadyate /
yadi sarvaṃ karma parityajya kevalaṃ jñānaniṣṭhāyām adhikāro 'pi, tarhi akarmaṇaḥ jñānaniṣṭhasya jñānaniṣṭhopakāriṇī śarīrayātrāpi na setsyati / yāvat sādhanasamāpti śarīradhāraṇaṃ cāvaśyaṃ kāryam / nyāyārjitadhanena mahāyajñādikaṃ kṛtvā tacchiṣṭāśanenaiva śarīradhāraṇaṃ kāryam, "āhāraśuddhau sattvaśuddhiḥ sattvaśuddhau dhrutvā smṛtiḥ" ityādiśruteḥ / "te tv aghaṃ bhuñjate pāpā ye pacanty ātmakāraṇāt" iti vakṣyate / ato jñānaniṣṭhasyāpi karmākurvato dehayātrāpi na setsyati / yato jñānaniṣṭhasyāpi dhriyamāṇaśarīrasya yāvatsādhanasamāpti mahāyajñādi nityanaimittikaṃ karma avaśyaṃ kartavyam, yataś ca karmayoge 'py ātmano 'kartṛtvabhāvanayātmayāthātmyānusandhānam antarbhūtam, yataś ca prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭasya
karmayogaḥ suśako 'pramādaś ca, ato jñānaniṣṭhāyogyasyāpi jñānayogāt karmayogo jyāyān / tasmāt tvaṃ karmayogam eva kurv ityabhiprāyaḥ //