न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् । कार्यते ह्यवश: कर्म गुणै: स्वाभाविकैर्बलात् ॥ ५३ ॥
na hi kascit ksanam api jatu tisthaty akarma-krt karyate hy avasah karma gunaih svabhavikair balat
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- kascit
- anyone
- ksanam api
- even for a moment
- jatu
- at any time
- tisthati
- remains
- akarma-krt
- without doing anything
- karyate
- he is caused to perform
- hi
- indeed
- avasah
- automatically
- karma
- fruitive activities
- gunaih
- by the three modes of nature
- svabhavikaih
- which are produced by his own tendencies in previous lives
- balat
- by force.
Not a single living entity can remain unengaged even for a moment. One must act by his natural tendency according to the three modes of material nature because this natural tendency forcibly makes him work in a particular way.