ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.24

उत्सीदॆयुः इमॆ लॊकाः न कुर्यां कर्म चॆत् अहम् ।
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्याम् उपहन्याम् इमाः प्रजाः ॥ ३.२४ ॥

ಉತ್ಸೀದೇಯುಃ ಇಮೇ ಲೋಕಾಃ ನ ಕುರ್ಯಾಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಚೇತ್ ಅಹಮ್ |
ಸಂಕರಸ್ಯ ಚ ಕರ್ತಾ ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ ಉಪಹನ್ಯಾಮ್ ಇಮಾಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಃ || ೩.೨೪ ||

utseedEyuH imE lOkAH na kuryAM karma chEt aham |
saMkarasya cha kartA syAm upahanyAm imAH prajAH || 3.24 ||

If I do not perform ‘karma’ [then all men also would cease to do their duties] and then these worlds would perish or fall into misery for omission of duties; then I would become the author of confusion of castes and I would be destroying these creatures. (when duties are abandoned, the differences between castes would be wiped out, leading to ‘sankara’)