Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga - Sloka 26

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

What the spiritual aspirant must do - sloka 19-26

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 26

Vidura & Maitreyar

Na buddhi bhedam janayet agyanam karma sanginam I

Joshyet sarva karmani vidvan yuktah samacharan II sloka 26

न बुद्धि भेदं जनयेत अज्ञानां कर्म संगिनां ।

जोष्येत सर्व कर्माणि विद्वान युक्तः समाचरन  ।। श्लोक २६ 

Let not the wise man unsettle the mind of the ignorant people attached to karma. By doing persistently and precisely let the wise induce the others in all activities

Doing duty for duty's sake devoid of desire, is an exalted state given to the enlightened only. This philosophy of action is too high for the common man to understand. He either works for results or wants to avoid exertion on one plea or another. To work for results is far superior to being given  to laziness  born of inertia. The indolent man must be roused to ambitions and exertions leading to pleasures and prosperity. Teaching disinterested service to him will unsettle his understanding. Then there is the man who suffers from philosophical indigestion. He is given to an escape -mentality from actions on the ground that they are all wrought with pain and evil. His creed is to pose quietism which is the pitfall in vedanta. Care should be taken that no confusion is created in the minds of the indolent and the ignorant. Himself active, the enlightened man should induce all to intense activity.

What is the cause of attachment which is so deep-rooted in the common man? - This is answered in the next sloka.