Bg 3 key verses

 Key verses in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 (Karma Yoga) emphasize performing one's prescribed duty without attachment to the results, dedicating actions as a sacrifice to the divine, and understanding that inaction is impossible. Important verses include 3.1-2 (Arjuna's confusion), 3.5 (inaction is impossible), 3.9 (act as sacrifice), 3.14-16 (food, rain, and action cycle), 3.19 (act without attachment), 3.27 (actions driven by nature's modes), 3.30 (dedicate all actions to Me), and 3.33-35 (following one's nature and the dangers of repressing the senses). 

Arjuna's Dilemma and the Nature of Action

Bhagavad Gita 3.1-2: Arjuna questions why Krishna urges him to fight if he believes intelligence is superior to work, highlighting the initial confusion about duty versus knowledge. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.5: Krishna states that no one can remain inactive; everyone is compelled by the three modes of material nature (gunas) to perform some activity. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.27: This verse explains that all activities are performed by the different qualities of nature, not by the individual soul. 

Karma Yoga: Action as Sacrifice

Bhagavad Gita 3.9: Krishna advises acting as a sacrifice (yajna) for the sake of the divine, rather than for personal gain, as this purifies the self and prevents bondage. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.14-16: These verses describe the cosmic cycle of action, where beings come from food, food from rain, rain from sacrifice (yajna), and action from the Supreme. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.19: This is a crucial teaching: "Therefore, without attachment, always perform the action you must do, for by performing action without attachment, one achieves the Supreme". 

Bhagavad Gita 3.30: A key instruction for Karma Yoga: "Perform all your actions as an offering to Me, dedicating them to Me with a mind fixed on the spiritual goal, without any selfish desire, and free from agitation, O Arjuna". 

Conquering Internal Obstacles

Bhagavad Gita 3.33-34: Krishna explains that even learned people act according to their nature, and it is natural for the senses to experience attraction and aversion; the real danger is being controlled by these desires. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.37: This verse identifies desire (kama) and wrath as the great sinful enemies that cause impurity and are the great destroyers of the world. 

Bhagavad Gita 3.41: Krishna instructs Arjuna to control the senses, which are superior to the body, and the mind, which is superior to the senses, and to control the intellect, which is superior to the mind.