BG 3.24
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् ।
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥
utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ced aham
saṅkarasya ca kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ
saṅkarasya ca kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
cet — if; aham — I; na kuryām — did not perform; karma — action; ime — all these; lokāḥ — worlds; utsīdeyuḥ — would be ruined; ca — and; syām — I would be; kartā — the agent [i.e., the cause]; saṅkarasya — of the disruption of the social classes and their duties; upahanyām — [in this way, I] would destroy; imāḥ — these; prajāḥ — people.
Translation
If I did not perform action, all these worlds would come to ruin, and I would become the cause of the disruption of the social classes and their duties. In this way, I would be responsible for the destruction of these people.