सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् | सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ||१८-४८||
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet . sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ ||18-48||
- saha-jam
- born simultaneously
- karma
- work
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- sa-doṣam
- with fault
- api
- although
- na
- never
- tyajet
- one should give up
- sarva-ārambhāḥ
- all ventures
- hi
- certainly
- doṣeṇa
- with fault
- dhūmena
- with smoke
- agniḥ
- fire
- iva
- as
- āvṛtāḥ
- covered
Every endeavor is covered by some fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work born of his nature, O son of Kuntī, even if such work is full of fault.