2.31 स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि। धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते
svadharmam
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swa-dharmam—one’s duty in accordance with the Vedas;api—also;cha—and;avekṣhya—considering;na—not;vikampitum—to waver;arhasi—should;dharmyāt—for righteousness;hi—indeed;yuddhāt—than fighting;śhreyaḥ—better;anyat—another;kṣhatriyasya—of a warrior;na—not;vidyate—exists
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Further, considering your own duty, you should not waver. Indeed, for a Kshatriya there is no duty superior to fighting a righteous war.
Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!
Further, considering also your own duty, it does not befit you to waver. For, to a Ksatriya, there is no greater good than a righteous war.
Even considering your own duty you should not waver, since there is nothing else better for a Ksatriya than a righteous battle.
Further, having regard to thy own duty, thou shouldst not waver, for there is nothing higher for a Kshatriya than a righteous war.
2.33 अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि। ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि
atha cait
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atha chet—if, however;tvam—you;imam—this;dharmyam saṅgrāmam—righteous war;na—not;kariṣhyasi—act;tataḥ—then;sva-dharmam—one’s duty in accordance with the Vedas;kīrtim—reputation;cha—and;hitvā—abandoning;pāpam—sin;avāpsyasi—will incur
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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On the other hand, if you do not fight this righteous war, then you will incur sin by shirking your own duty and forfeiting your fame.
Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurring only sin.
But if you do not fight this righteous war, you will be turning away from your duty and honoured position, and will be incurring sin.
On the other hand, if you will not fight this righteous battle, then, forsaking your own duty and fame, you will incur sin.
But, if thou wilt not fight in this righteous war, then, having abandoned thine duty and fame, thou shalt incur sin.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.32 यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्। सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्
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yadṛichchhayā—unsought;cha—and;upapannam—come;swarga—celestial abodes;dvāram—door;apāvṛitam—wide open;sukhinaḥ—happy;kṣhatriyāḥ—warriors;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;labhante—obtain;yuddham—war;īdṛiśham—such
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Prtha! By good fortune, Ksatriyas, desirous of happiness, get a war of this type, which has come of its own accord and which is an open door to heaven.
Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee the gates of heaven.
Happy are the Ksatriyas, O Arjuna, to whom a war like this comes of its own accord; it opens the gate to heaven.
O son of Partha, happy are the Ksatriyas who come across this kind of a battle, which presents itself unsought for and which is an open gate to heaven.
Happy are the Kshatriyas, O Arjuna, who are called upon to fight in such a battle that comes of itself as an open door to heaven!
