न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute . na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||
- karmaṇām
- of prescribed duties
- anārambhāt
- by nonperformance
- naiṣkarmyam
- freedom from reaction
- puruṣaḥ
- a man
- aśnute
- achieves
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- sannyasanāt
- by renunciation
- eva
- simply
- siddhim
- success
- samadhigacchati
- attains
- na
- nor
- hi
- certainly
Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection.