The illumined soul must not create confusion in the minds of the ignorant by refraining from work. The ignorant, in their delusion, identify Atman with the gunas. They become tied to the senses and the action of the senses.

Action rightly renounced brings freedom:
Action rightly performed brings freedom:
Both are better
Than mere shunning of action. – Sri Krishna

(Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, trans., Bhagavad-Gita. The Song of God. New York and Scarborough: New American Library, 1972; c1944, 56.)