न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते |\nन च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute .\nna ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||
One cannot achieve freedom from karmic reactions by merely abstaining from work, nor can one attain perfection of knowledge by mere physical renunciation.