Bhagavad Gita on Karma

BG 2.47

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

Your right is only to work, but not to its results; do not let the results of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.

BG 2.48

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।

Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure; evenness of mind is called Yoga.

BG 3.5

न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।

Verily, no one can remain for even a moment without performing action; for everyone is made to act helplessly, indeed, by the qualities born of Nature.

BG 3.8

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

Perform your bounden duty, for action is superior to inaction, and even the maintenance of the body would not be possible for you through inaction.

BG 3.19

तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।

Therefore, without attachment, always perform the actions that should be done; for by performing actions without attachment, one reaches the Supreme.

BG 4.18

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।

He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions.

BG 18.11

न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते

Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however, he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is truly called a man of renunciation.