Perform your prescribed duty

Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than inaction. Without action even the maintenance of your body would not be possible.

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः ।
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ .
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ ॥

Related Gita verse: Gita 3.8

The Gita does not teach running away from the world, but acting rightly within it. Laziness and putting things off weigh the mind down, while doing one's duty purifies it.

Life lesson: begin the work that is yours to do today.

Theme

Karma Yoga

Shloka Ref

3.8

Shloka Path

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