BG 3.8
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः ।
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥
niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ
śarīra-yātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ
śarīra-yātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
tvam — [therefore] you; kuru — perform; niyatam — [your] obligatory; karma — action; hi — because; karma — action; jyāyaḥ — is superior; akarmaṇaḥ — to inaction; ca — moreover; akarmaṇaḥ — without acting; api — even; te — your; yātrā — sustenance; śarīra — [of] the body; na prasiddhyet — cannot be accomplished.
Translation
Therefore, perform your obligatory actions, for action is superior to inaction. Moreover, without action, even your bodily sustenance cannot be accomplished.