na hi kaśicatkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt.
kāryatē hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ৷৷3.5৷৷
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
3.5 nahi not, kaścit anyone, kṣaṇam a moment, api even, jātu verily, tiṣṭhati remains, akarmakṛt without performing action, kāryatē is made to do, hi for, avaśaḥ helpless, karma action, sarvaḥ all, prakṛtijaiḥ born of Prakriti, guṇaiḥ by the alities.
Commentary:
The Gunas (alities of Nature) are three, viz., Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is harmony or light or purity; Rajas is passion or motion; Tamas is inertia or darkness. Sattvic actions help a man to attain to Moksha. Rajasic and Tamasic actions bind a man to Samsara.These alities cannot affect a man who has knowledge of the Self. He has crossed over these alities. He has become a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature). The ignorant man who has no knowledge of the Self and who is swayed by Avidya or nescience is driven helplessly to action by the Gunas. (Cf.IV.16,XVIII.11).