Chapter 3/Verse 8
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः ।
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥३- ८॥
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ ।
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ ॥3- 8॥
You must perform controlled action. Action is better, indeed, than inaction. And even the maintenance of your body ought not be accomplished from inaction.
Word-for-word translations
niyataṃ (past passive participle) (masculine, accusative, singular) = controlled
kuru (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must perform!
karma (neuter, accusative, singular) = action
tvaṃ (pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, singular) = you
karma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action
jyāyas (comparitive) = better
hi (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed
akarmaṇas (ablative of comparison) (neuter, ablative, singular) = than inaction
śarīrayātrā (śarīra + yātrā) (compound) (feminine, nominative, singular) = maintenance of the body
api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
te (pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular) = of your
na (indeclinable) = not
prasiddhyet (optative, 3rd person, singular) = ought to be accomplished
akarmaṇas (neuter, ablative, singular) = from inaction
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