Chapter 3 · Verse 4The Yoga of Action
Bhagavad Gita 3.4
BG 3.4 — Chapter 3 (The Yoga of Action), Verse 4, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||
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na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute . na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||
Roman: na karmanamanarambhannaishkarmyam purusho.ashnute . na ca samnyasanadeva siddhim samadhigacchati
Not by non-performance of actions does man reach actionlessness; nor by mere renunciation does he attain to perfection.