Verse 3

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US-P01.003ab कर्माणि देहयोगार्थं देहयोगे प्रियाप्रिये ।US-P01.003cd ध्रुवे स्यातां ततो रागो द्वेषश्चैव ततः क्रियाः ॥

In plain words

Actions bring about connection with a physical body. Once you have a body, experiences of pleasure and pain are inevitable. From those experiences spring attachment and aversion, and from attachment and aversion flow endless further actions.

Close to the Sanskrit

Actions exist for the purpose of bodily connection; when there is bodily connection, pleasant and painful things are inevitable. From that arise attachment and aversion, and consequently further actions.