Īśāvāsyopaniṣat 02

कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेत् शतं समाः। एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥२॥

kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣet śataṁ samāḥ। evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare ॥2॥

[कुर्वन्नेव (kurvannev) - performing, indeed; इह (iha) - in this; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions / prescribed deeds; जिजीविषेत् (jijīviṣet) - aspire to live; शतं (śataṁ) - hundred; समाः (samāḥ) - years; एवं (evaṁ) - thus; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; नान्यथेतोऽस्ति (nānyatheto'sti) - there exists no other way; न (na) - not; कर्म (karma) - action; लिप्यते (lipyate) - gets affected; नरे (nare) - in a person;]

Certainly, one should aspire to live here for a hundred years, performing prescribed deeds. By doing so, the defects of actions do not touch the person, and there is no other way.

Īśā.Bhāshya 02

There is no rule that states sin will not affect one who disengages from action. Even non performance of activities, at times, are defective. Hence, it is always better to perform rightful actions.

अकुर्वतः कर्म न लिप्यते इति नास्ति।

akurvataḥ karma na lipyate iti nāsti।

[अकुर्वतः (akurvataḥ) - of one who performs not; कर्म (karma) - actions; न (na) - not; लिप्यते (lipyate) - gets affected; इति (iti) - thus; नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist;]

'If one does not engage in deeds, one will not be affected by actions' - such a thing does not exist.

"अज्ञस्य कर्म लिप्येत कृष्णोपास्तिमकुर्वतः। ज्ञानिनोऽपि यतो ह्रासः आनन्दस्य भवेद् ध्रुवम्। अतोऽलेपेऽपि लेपः स्याद् अतः कार्यैव सा सदा॥"

"ajñasya karma lipyeta kr̥ṣṇopāstimakurvataḥ। jñānino'pi yato hrāsaḥ ānandasya bhaved dhruvam। ato'lepe'pi lepaḥ syād ataḥ kāryaiva sā sadā॥"

[अज्ञस्य (ajñasya) - of the ignorant; कर्म (karma) - actions; लिप्येत (lipyeta) - get affected; कृष्णोपास्तिम् (kṛṣṇopāstim) - worship of Krishna; अकुर्वतः (akurvataḥ) - of one who does not perform;ज्ञानिनः (jñāninaḥ) - of the wise; अपि (api) - also; यतः (yataḥ) - because; ह्रासः (hrāsaḥ) - decrease; आनन्दस्य (ānandasya) - of happiness; भवेत् (bhavet) - happens; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; अलेपे (alepe) - for the unattached; अपि (api) - also; लेपः (lepaḥ) - attachment; स्यात् (syāt) - happens; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; कार्यैव (kāryaiva) - indeed, undertake action; सा (sā) - that; सदा (sadā) - always;]

"Actions of not worshiping lord Krishna affect the ignorant. Similarly, the knowledgeable experience diminished happiness by not worshiping the lord. Therefore, even those unattached may get affected (by non-performance of actions). Hence, one must undertake actions all the time."

इति नारदीये ॥२॥

iti nāradīye ॥2॥

[इति (iti) - thus; नारदीये (nāradīye) - in the Nārada Purāṇa;]

- stated thus in the Nārada Purāṇa.