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Verse 3·5

All life exists within action, none attains without

TopicsKarma Yoga — Path of ActionTeaching arc · The Action Imperative

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

For none stands even for a moment not doing work, everyone is made to do action helplessly by the modes born of Prakriti.

Gītā 3·5

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in