न हि कश्चित् क्षणम् अपि जातु तिष्ठति अकर्म-कृत्
कार्यते हि अवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृति-जैः गुणैः
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।
कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥३:५॥
na hi kashchitkshanamapi jaatu tishthatyakarmakrit
kaaryate hyavashah karma sarvah prakritijairgunaih ||3:5||
na hi kashchit kshanam api jaatu tishthati akarma-krit
kaaryate hi avashah karma sarvah prakriti-jaih gunaih
Purport One cannot remain without action at any moment, indeed not at all. Indeed, all born of the nature do some kind of action spontaneously without their control due to the inherent characteristics of the nature they are born of.
हि (hi) -- indeed
कश्चित् (kaschit) -- any
क्षणम् (ksanam) -- a moment
अपि (api) -- even; too
जातु (jaatu) -- perhaps; never; not at all
तिष्ठति (tisthati) -- stands; stays
अकर्म-कृत् (akarma-krit) -- without action
हि(hi) -- indeed
अवशः (avasah) -- without control; independently
कर्म (karma) -- action; work
सर्वः (sarvah) -- all
प्रकृति-जैः (prakriti-jaih) -- born of supermatter; inherently
गुणैः (gunaih) -- qualities; characteristics