सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् |\nसर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ||१८-४८||
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet .\nsarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ ||18-48||
One should not abandon duties born of one’s nature, even if one sees defects in them, O son of Kunti. Indeed, all endeavors are veiled by some evil, as fire is by smoke.