# Duty
*38 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is*
* action in accord with, **[[bg/18/23#translation|Bg. 18.23]]**, **[[bg/18/24#translation|Bg. 18.24]]**
* action in mode of nature, **[[bg/2/47#translation|Bg. 2.47]]**
* Arjuna advised to perform, *[[bg/3/8#purport|Bg. 3.8]]*
* as purifier, **[[bg/3/8#translation|Bg. 3.8]]**, *[[bg/18/48#purport|Bg. 18.48]]*
* better one's own, though faulty, than another's, **[[bg/3/35#translation|Bg. 3.35]]**, *[[bg/18/46#purport|Bg. 18.46]]*, **[[bg/18/48#translation|Bg. 18.48]]**
* demons ignorant of, **[[bg/16/7#translation|Bg. 16.7]]**, **[[bg/16/8#translation|Bg. 16.8]]**
* for different varṇas in lieu of meditation, **[[bg/12/12#translation|Bg. 12.12]]**, **[[bg/12/13-14#translation|Bg. 12.13-14]]**
* frees from bondage of action, **[[bg/3/31#translation|Bg. 3.31]]**
* gives birth to yajña, **[[bg/3/14#translation|Bg. 3.14]]**
* how to discharge, **[[bg/3/30#translation|Bg. 3.30]]**, **[[bg/3/31#translation|Bg. 3.31]]**
* inferior due to lack of knowledge, **[[bg/3/29#translation|Bg. 3.29]]**, **[[bg/3/30#translation|Bg. 3.30]]**
* Janaka attains perfection through, **[[bg/3/20#translation|Bg. 3.20]]**
* necessary to control senses, **[[bg/5/29#translation|Bg. 5.29]]**
* necessity for performance of, *[[bg/2/47#purport|Bg. 2.47]]*, **[[bg/3/8#translation|Bg. 3.8]]**, **[[bg/3/19#translation|Bg. 3.19]]**, **[[bg/6/40#translation|Bg. 6.40]]**, **[[bg/18/7#translation|Bg. 18.7]]**, **[[bg/18/8#translation|Bg. 18.8]]**
* never affected by sin, *[[bg/18/47#purport|Bg. 18.47]]*
* none for Kṛṣṇa, **[[bg/3/22#translation|Bg. 3.22]]**
* none for self-realized, *[[bg/3/17#purport|Bg. 3.17]]*, **[[bg/3/19#translation|Bg. 3.19]]**
* not to be abandoned despite difficulties, faults, fear, etc., *[[bg/2/14#purport|Bg. 2.14]]*, **[[bg/2/31#translation|Bg. 2.31]]**, **[[bg/18/8#translation|Bg. 18.8]]**, **[[bg/18/9#translation|Bg. 18.9]]**, **[[bg/18/48#translation|Bg. 18.48]]**