Continue to perform your actions with the feeling of surrender

Karma Yoga

Chapter 3, Verse 33

 

sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ 

prakṛter-jñānavān api 

prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni 

nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati

 

Even an enlightened person acts in conformity to his own nature; beings follow their nature; what will restraint accomplish?

 

Krishna says, “What is the use of external restraint? Let it go! No one can be inactive for a moment.” Each person is driven by his own nature to act. “You, enlightened beings, through renunciation of your duties, you will not free yourself from bondage. Continue to perform your actions with the feeling of surrender.”

Bhagavad Gita