BG-SS 3.33

sadṛśaṁ cheṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati [33]

jñānavān api–Even a knowledgable person; cheṣṭate–acts; sadṛśam–according to; svasyāḥ prakṛteḥ–his nature. bhūtāni–Living beings; prakṛtim yānti–follow their natures. kim kariṣyati–What will be the use of; nigrahaḥ–repression; (teṣām)–of them? [33]

Text

For even a knowledgable person tends to act according to his nature (mundane inclinations). The living beings’ endeavours are dictated by their natures. What, then, can repression accomplish?

Purport

Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 3: The Path of Action (Karma yoga). Text 33

For even a knowledgable person tends to act according to his nature (mundane inclinations). The living beings’ endeavours are dictated by their natures. What, then, can repression accomplish?