Chapter 3

Verse 4

Bhagavad Gita

न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते |
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||
Transliteration

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute .
na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||
English Meaning

3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act.