Perform your prescribed duty, which is better than not working | Bhagavad-gita

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Prabhupada, Los Angeles, December 23, 1968: Yes. Krishna and Arjuna were talking. Krishna never said Arjuna, “Oh, my dear Arjuna, you are My friend, intimate friend and devotee. All right. You haven’t got to fight with your… Everything will be done by Me. You go to Himalaya and meditate.” No. He never said that. Krishna could do, Krishna could fight for Arjuna. He was all- powerful.

Without fighting, He could give him everything, but still, He wanted to engage him—that one should be engaged in Krishna consciousness along with his prescribed duty, that is required. Yes. (reading from text:) “Perform your prescribed duty which is better than not working.”

Bhagavad-gita 3.6-10
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Los Angeles, December 23, 1968