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Sanskrit · Devanagari

सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्। सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ

O son of Kuntī ! one should not abandon a natural duty though tainted with evil for all actions are enveloped by evil, as fire by smoke.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 82%.