Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

yoga; karma-indriyaih, with the organs of action,
with speech, hands, etc.; niyamya, controlling;
indriyani, the sense-organs; manasa, with the
mind; and becoming asaktah unattached; [Here
Ast; adds 'phalabhisandhi-varjitah, free from
hankering for results'.-Tr.] sah, that one; visisyate,
excels the other one, the hypocrite. This being so,
therefore,
3.8 You perform the obligatory duties, for action is
superior to inaction. And, through inaction, even
the maintenance of your body will not be possible.
English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
3.8 Tvam, you, O Arjuna; kuru, perform; niyatam,
the obligatory; karma, duties, those daily
obligatory duties (nitya-karmas) or which one is
competent (according to the scriptures), and which
are not heard of [although no result of daily
obligatory duties is mentioned in the scriptures,
still Sankaracarya holds that it is either heaven or
purification of the heart, because something done
must have its consequence.-Tr.] as productive of
any result; hi, for, from the point of view of result;
karma, action; is jyayah, superior; akarmanah, to
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