18.59 यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति
yad
Word meanings
yat—if;ahankāram—motivated by pride;āśhritya—taking shelter;na yotsye—I shall not fight;iti—thus;manyase—you think;mithyā eṣhaḥ—this is all false;vyavasāyaḥ—determination;te—your;prakṛitiḥ—material nature;tvām—you;niyokṣhyati—will engage
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In case, holding fast to the sense of ego, you think, 'I shall not fight,' that resolve of yours will be useless. Your own natural condition will incite you to fight.
If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee.
If, in your self-conceit, you think, 'I will not fight,' your resolve is in vain. Nature will compel you.
That you think 'I shall not fight', by relying on egotism,-vain is this determination of yours. (Your) nature impel you!
If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest: “I will not fight”, vain is this, thy resolve; Nature will compel thee.
18.61 ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया
īśvaraḥ sarva
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īśhvaraḥ—the Supreme Lord;sarva-bhūtānām—in all living being;hṛit-deśhe—in the hearts;arjuna—Arjun;tiṣhṭhati—dwells;bhrāmayan—causing to wander;sarva-bhūtāni—all living beings;yantra ārūḍhani—seated on a machine;māyayā—made of the material energy
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Arjuna! This Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, causing, by His trick of illusion, all beings to whirl round as if they are mounted on a revolving mechanical contrivance.
God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power.
The Lord, O Arjuna, abides in the heart of every being, spinning them round and round, mounted on a wheel as it were, by His power.
O Arjuna, the Lord resides in the region of the heart of all creatures, revolving through Maya all the creatures (as though) mounted on a machine!
The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusive power, to revolve as if mounted on a machine!
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.60 स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा।कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्
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swabhāva-jena—born of one’s own material nature;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;nibaddhaḥ—bound;svena—by your own;karmaṇā—actions;kartum—to do;na—not;ichchhasi—you wish;yat—which;mohāt—out of delusion;kariṣhyasi—you will do;avaśhaḥ—helplessly;api—even though;tat—that
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Kunti! Being firmly bound by your own duty, born of your own nature, and thus not being independent, you would perform what you do not wish to do, due to your delusion.
O Arjuna! Thy duty binds thee. From thine own nature has it arisen, and that which in thy delusion thou desire not to do, that very thing thou shalt do. Thou art helpless.
O Arjuna, bound by your own duty born out of your own inner disposition, and having no control over your own will, you will be compelled to do that very thing which you now desire not to do through delusion.
Being bound by your own duty born of nature, O son of Kunti, you, being helpless, will verily do that which you do not wish to do owing to indiscrimination.
O Arjuna, bound by thy own Karma (action) born of thy own nature, that which from delusion thou wishest not to do, even that thou shalt do helplessly!
