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न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।
कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥३- ५॥

na hi kashchitkShaNamapi jaatu tiShThatyakarmakRRit ।

kaaryate hyawashaH karma sarwaH prakRRitijairguNaiH ॥३- ५॥

Source: Automatic ITRANS Transliteration

By no means, even for a moment, can anyone remain without performing actions.
All are compelled to perform actions, by qualities born of nature.

By no means, even for a moment, can anyone remain without performing actions. Qualities arising from nature compel all to perform actions.

Source: Milind S. Pandit

Because no one can remain actionless even for a moment. Everyone is driven to action, helplessly indeed, by the Gunas of nature.

Source: The Bhagavad-Gita: The Sacred Song

All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.

Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is