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Bhagavad Gita 18.48

Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender

सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्। सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः

saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣham api na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣheṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛitāḥ

One should not, O Arjuna, abandon the duty to which one is born, though it may be faulty; for, all undertakings are enveloped by evil, just as fire is by smoke.

हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! दोषयुक्त होनेपर भी सहज कर्मका त्याग नहीं करना चाहिये; क्योंकि सम्पूर्ण कर्म धुएँसे अग्निकी तरह किसी-न-किसी दोषसे युक्त हैं।