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Man does not attain freedom from action without entering upon action;
nor does he reach perfection merely by ceasing to act. Surely none can
ever remain inactive even for a moment; for every one is helplessly
driven to action by nature-born qualities. He who outwardly restraining
the organs of sense and action, sits mentally dwelling on the objects of
senses, that man of deluded intellect, is called a hypocrite. On the
other hand, he excels who controlling the organs of sense and action by
the power of his will, and remaining unattached, undertakes the
discipline of action through those organs. Therefore, every person
should perform his duty; for action is superior to inaction. Desisting
from action a man cannot even maintain his body. It is through action
without attachment alone that Janak and other wise men reached
perfection. Having an eye to maintenance of the world order too one
should take to action. For whatever a great man does, that very thing
other men also do; whatever standard he sets up, the generality of men
follow the same. A wise man established in the Self should not unsettle
the mind of the ignorant attached to action, but should get them to
perform all their duties, duly performing his own duties. All actions
are being performed by the modes of nature. The fool whose mind is
deluded by egoism thinks that he is the doer. All living creatures
follow their tendencies; even the wise man acts according to the
tendencies of his nature.
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