Niyatam kuru karma tvam - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 08

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is. If you are pressed against time to go through around 700 verses of Bahgavad Gita, then this is the right place for you. This collection of verses is brought to you after years of listening to Bhagavad Gita from different sources.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 07

English:

Niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyaayo hyakarmanah
Shareerayaatraapi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmanah

Sanskrit: 

नियतम् कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो हयोकर्मणः
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसि द्धयेदकर्मणः

Oriya: 

ନିୟତମ୍ କୁରୁ କର୍ମ ତ୍ଵମ କର୍ମ ଜ୍ୟାୟୋ ହ୍ୟୋକର୍ମଣଃ
ଶରୀରଯାତ୍ରାପି ଚ ତେ ନ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ୍ୟେଦ୍ ଅକର୍ମଣଃ

Selected word meaning:
niyatam - prescribed (obligatory), kuru - do, karma - duties, tvam - you, karma - work, jyaayah - better (superier), hi - than, akarmanah - inaction, sharira - bodily, yaatra - maintenance, api - even, cha - also, te - your, na - never, prasiddhyet - possible, akarmanah - inaction

Translation:
You should perform your (obligatory) duties, for action is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of your body would not be possible by renouncing actions.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON