न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् | कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ||३-५||
na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt . kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ ||3-5||
- kaścit
- anyone
- kṣaṇam
- a moment
- api
- also
- jātu
- at any time
- tiṣṭhati
- remains
- akarma-kṛt
- without doing something
- kāryate
- is forced to do
- hi
- certainly
- avaśaḥ
- helplessly
- karma
- work
- sarvaḥ
- all
- prakṛti-jaiḥ
- born of the modes of material nature
- guṇaiḥ
- by the qualities
Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.