Bhagavadgita 3.87

3.87

evam ittham īśvareṇa veda-yajña-pūrvakaṃ jagac-cakraṃ pravartitaṃ nānuvartayatīha loke yaḥ karmaṇy adhikṛtaḥ sann aghāyur aghaṃ pāpam āyur jīvanaṃ yasya so 'ghāyuḥ pāpa-jīvana iti yāvat | indriyārāmaḥ indriyair ārāmaḥ āramaṇam ākrīḍā viṣayeṣu yasya sa indriyārāmo moghaṃ vṛthā he pārtha, sa jīvati | tasmād ajñenādhikṛtena kartavyam eva karmeti prakaraṇārthaḥ | prāg ātma-jñāna-niṣṭhā-yogyatā-prāptes tādarthyena karma-yogānuṣṭhānam adhikṛtenānātmajñena kartavyam evety etan na karmaṇām anārambhād [Gītā 3.4] ity ata ārabhya śarīra-yātrāpi ca te na prasidhyed akarmaṇa [Gītā 3.8] ity evam antena pratipādya, yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra [Gītā 3.9] ity ādinā moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati ity evam antenāpi granthena prāsaṅgikam adhikṛtasyānātmavidaḥ karmānuṣṭhāne
bahu kāraṇam uktam | tad-akaraṇe ca doṣa-saṃkīrtanaṃ kṛtam ||