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न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते ।
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥३- ४॥

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Transliteration

na karmaNaamanaarambhaannaiShkarmyaM puruSho'shnute ।

na cha saMnyasanaadewa siddhiM samadhigachChati ॥३- ४॥

Translation

A man does not attain exemption from action by not commencing action.
Nor even by renunciation is success acquired.

Translation

One does not attain freedom from the bondage of Karma by merely abstaining from work. No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.

Translation

Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection.