तस्मात्सम्पूजयेत्कर्म स्वभावस्थ: स्वकर्मकृत् । अञ्जसा येन वर्तेत तदेवास्य हि दैवतम् ॥ १८ ॥
tasmāt sampūjayet karma svabhāva-sthaḥ sva-karma-kṛt anjasā yena varteta tad evāsya hi daivatam
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sampūjayet
- one should fully worship
- karma
- his prescribed activity
- svabhāva
- in the position corresponding to his own conditioned nature
- sthaḥ
- remaining
- sva-karma
- his own prescribed duty
- kṛt
- performing
- añjasā
- without difficulty
- yena
- by which
- varteta
- one lives
- tat
- that
- eva
- certainly
- asya
- his
- hi
- indeed
- daivatam
- worshipable deity
Therefore one should seriously worship work itself. A person should remain in the position corresponding to his nature and should perform his own duty. Indeed, that by which we may live nicely is really our worshipable deity.