BG 18.3
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ।
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे ॥
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे ॥
tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare
Word-for-word meanings
eke — some; manīṣiṇaḥ — thinkers [of the Sāṅkhya School]; prāhuḥ — assert; karma — [that all] action [whatsoever]; tyājyam — should be given up; doṣa-vat iti — as a vice; ca — whereas; apare — other thinkers [of the Mīmāṁsa School]; iti — [claim] thus; karma — [that] acts; yajña — [of] sacrifice; dāna — charity; tapaḥ — [and] austerity; na tyājyam — are never to be given up.
Translation
Some thinkers [of the Sāṅkhya School] assert that all actions whatsoever should be given up as a vice, whereas other thinkers [of the Mīmāṁsa School] claim that acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity are never to be given up.