Arjuna said This world O king, is the field of work. Action, therefore, is spoken highly of here. Agriculture, trade, tending of cattle, and various kinds of arts, form what is called profit. Profit, again, is the end of all such acts. Without profit or wealth, both virtue and desire cannot be acquired. This is the injunction of the Shruti.
अर्जुन उवाच कर्मभूमिरियं राजनिह वार्ता प्रशस्यते। कृषिर्वाणिज्यगोरक्षं शिल्पानि विविधानि च॥ अर्थ इत्येव सर्वेषां कर्मणामव्यतिक्रमः। न ह्यतेऽर्थेन वर्तेत धर्मकामाविति श्रुतिः॥