Verses

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.71

"A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego – he alone can attain real peace." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/71/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.72

"That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. If one is thus situated even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/72/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.3-5

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others by devotional service." "Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection." "Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/3/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/4/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/5/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.6-7

"One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender." "On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active senses by the mind and begins karma-yoga [in Kṛṣṇa consciousness] without attachment, he is by far superior." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/6/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/7/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.8-9

"Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one’s physical body without work." "Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed; otherwise work causes bondage in this material world. Therefore, O son of Kuntī, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain free from bondage." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/8/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/9/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.10-12

"In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of men and demigods, along with sacrifices for Viṣṇu, and blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this yajña [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable for living happily and achieving liberation.”" "The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you, and thus, by cooperation between men and demigods, prosperity will reign for all." "In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yajña [sacrifice], will supply all necessities to you. But he who enjoys such gifts without offering them to the demigods in return is certainly a thief." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/10/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/11/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/12/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.13

"The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/13/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.15-16

"Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the all-pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice." "My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by the Vedas certainly leads a life full of sin. Living only for the satisfaction of the senses, such a person lives in vain." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/15/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/16/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.17-19

"But for one who takes pleasure in the Self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the Self only, fully satiated – for him there is no duty." "A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being." "Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty, for by working without attachment one attains the Supreme." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/17/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/18/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/19/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.21-24

"Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." "O son of Pṛthā, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I a need to obtain anything – and yet I am engaged in prescribed duties." "For if I ever failed to engage in carefully performing prescribed duties, O Pārtha, certainly all men would follow My path." "If I did not perform prescribed duties, all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all living beings." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/21/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/22/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/23/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/24/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.25-26

"As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path." "So as not to disrupt the minds of ignorant men attached to the fruitive results of prescribed duties, a learned person should not induce them to stop work. Rather, by working in the spirit of devotion, he should engage them in all sorts of activities [for the gradual development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness]." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/25/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/26/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.27

"The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/27/