BG 3.26

न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् ।
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥
na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām
joṣayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran

Word-for-word meanings

vidvān — a wise person;  na janayet — should not provoke;  buddhi-bhedam — mental unsettlement;  ajñānām — for the unaware;  karma-saṅginām — who are attached to action;  yuktaḥ — [rather] being situated in evenness of mind;  joṣayet — he should engage [them in action];  samācaran — while meticulously carrying out;  sarva — all;  karmāṇi — actions.

Translation

A wise person should not unsettle the minds of the unaware who are attached to action [by prompting them toward inaction]. Rather, being situated in evenness of mind, he should engage them in action, while meticulously carrying out all manner of action.

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