Bhagavad Gita 3.8

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः॥

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ |śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ ||

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.

Do your duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if one remained inactive.

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.