उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ched aham sankarasya cha kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ
And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I would lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I would be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of these beings.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)
utsīdeyuḥ—would perish; ime—all these; lokāḥ—worlds; na—not; kuryām—I perform; karma—prescribed duties; chet—if; aham—I; sankarasya—of uncultured population; cha—and; kartā—responsible; syām—would be; upahanyām—would destroy; imāḥ—all these; prajāḥ—living entities