- 3.20
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।
लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ
Janaka and others attained perfection indeed through action alone; even with the intention of protecting the masses, you should perform action.
loka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśhyan kartum arhasi - 3.21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ
Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.
sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate - 3.25
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।
कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम् ॥saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata
As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wishing for the welfare of the world.
kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham - 4.18
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।
स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśhyed akarmaṇi cha karma yaḥ
He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions.
sa buddhimān manuṣhyeṣhu sa yuktaḥ kṛitsna-karma-kṛit - 4.19
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः।
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ
He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and selfish purposes, and whose actions have been burned by the fire of knowledge, the wise call him a sage.
jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ - 18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।
मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ
Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.
mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam
Sārathi