# Bhagavad Gita 3.4

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.4`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥

## IAST

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute
na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

A man does not attain freedom from action merely by not engaging in action nor does he attain perfection by mere renunciation. For nobody ever remains even for an instant without performing some action

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