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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 8 (3.8) means: Do the work that is yours to do, for action is better than inaction. Without action you could not even keep your own body alive.
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः। शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ śharīra-yātrāpi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ
Do the work that is yours to do, for action is better than inaction. Without action you could not even keep your own body alive.
अपना कर्म करो, क्योंकि कर्म न करने से कर्म करना बेहतर है। बिना कर्म के तो तुम अपने शरीर को भी जीवित नहीं रख सकते।
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It is verse 8 of Chapter 3 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 43 verses in total.
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