Gita : Ch-3. Slo-5.
Srimad Bhagavad-Gitta : Chapter-3. ( Karma-yogam ) Slokam-5. [ Lord's reply ( continues from slokam-3. ) : All men are forced to do karma helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature ( guna-s of prakrti ) ; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. ] Na hi kascit kshanamapi jatu tishthatyakarmakrt, Karyate hyavasah karma sarvah prakrtijairgunaih. kascit jatu = anyone no even once; kshanam api = even a moment also; akarmakrt = without doing anything; na tishthaty hi = certainly not remains idle; hi = why because; prakrtijaih gunaih = in the guna-s, which formed ou of Prakrti ( Nature); sarvah avasah = everyone helplessly (wi...