Bhagavad Gita 3.5
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्। कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt| kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ||3.5||
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- न
- not
- हि
- indeed/for
- कश्चित्
- anyone
- क्षणम्
- for a moment
- अपि
- even
- जातु
- ever
- तिष्ठति
- remains/stays
- अकर्मकृत्
- without doing action
- कार्यते
- is made to do/act
- हि
- indeed
- अवशः
- helplessly/without control
- कर्म
- action
- सर्वः
- everyone (all)
- प्रकृतिजैः
- born of material nature
- गुणैः
- by the qualities (gunas)
Commentary
5. None, verily, even for an instant, ever remains doing no action ; for every one is driven helpless to action by the energies born of Nature.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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न
हि
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क्षणम्
अपि
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अकर्मकृत्
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