BG 3.17

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥
yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ
ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate

Word-for-word meanings

tu — but;  mānavaḥ — the person;  yaḥ — who;  ātma-ratiḥ — delights in the self;  eva — only;  ca — and;  syāt — who is;  ātma-tṛptaḥ — self-satisfied;  ca — and;  santuṣṭaḥ — content;  ātmani — in the self;  eva — alone;  tasya — for him;  kāryam — duty;  na vidyate — does not exist.

Translation

But the person who delights only in the self, who is self-satisfied and content in the self alone, has no duties to perform.

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