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Chap-XVIII-Verse-59-60
VERSE 59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥
yad ahankaram asritya
na yotsya iti manyase
mithyaisa vyavasayas te
prakrtis tvam niyoksyati
SYNONYMS
yat—therefore; ahaṅkāram—false ego; āśritya—taking shelter; na—not; yotsya—shall fight; iti—thus; manyase—think; mithyā eṣaḥ—this is all false; vyavasāyah te—your determination; prakṛtiḥ—material nature; tvām—you; niyokṣyati—will engage you.
TRANSLATION
If you do not act according to My direction and do not fight, then you will be falsely directed. By your nature, you will have to be engaged in warfare.
VERSE 60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥
svabhava-jena kaunteya
nibaddhah svena karmana
kartum necchasi yan mohat
karisyasy avaso ‘pi tat
SYNONYMS
sva-bhāva-jena—by one’s own nature; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; nibaddhaḥ—conditioned; svena—by one’s own; karmaṇā—activities; kartum—to do; na—not; icchasi—like; yat—that; mohāt—by illusion; kariṣyasi—you will act; avaśaḥ—imperceptibly; api—even; tat—that.
TRANSLATION
Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kuntī.
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By Dr. Shanatanu NagarkattiVERSE 59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥
yad ahankaram asritya
na yotsya iti manyase
mithyaisa vyavasayas te
prakrtis tvam niyoksyati
SYNONYMS
yat—therefore; ahaṅkāram—false ego; āśritya—taking shelter; na—not; yotsya—shall fight; iti—thus; manyase—think; mithyā eṣaḥ—this is all false; vyavasāyah te—your determination; prakṛtiḥ—material nature; tvām—you; niyokṣyati—will engage you.
TRANSLATION
If you do not act according to My direction and do not fight, then you will be falsely directed. By your nature, you will have to be engaged in warfare.
VERSE 60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥
svabhava-jena kaunteya
nibaddhah svena karmana
kartum necchasi yan mohat
karisyasy avaso ‘pi tat
SYNONYMS
sva-bhāva-jena—by one’s own nature; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; nibaddhaḥ—conditioned; svena—by one’s own; karmaṇā—activities; kartum—to do; na—not; icchasi—like; yat—that; mohāt—by illusion; kariṣyasi—you will act; avaśaḥ—imperceptibly; api—even; tat—that.
TRANSLATION
Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kuntī.