2.32 यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्। सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्
yad
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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!
2.34 अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते
akīrtiṃ c
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akīrtim—infamy;cha—and;api—also;bhūtāni—people;kathayiṣhyanti—will speak;te—of your;avyayām—everlasting;sambhāvitasya—of a respectable person;cha—and;akīrtiḥ—infamy;maraṇāt—than death;atirichyate—is greater
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The creatures will speak of your endless ill-fame; and for one who has been highly esteemed, ill-fame is worse than death.
Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death.
Further, people will speak ill of you for all time, and for one accustomed to be honoured, dishonour is worse than death.
People also will speak of your unending infamy. And to an honoured person infamy is worse than death.
People, too, will recount thy everlasting dishonour; and to one who has been honoured, dishonour is worse than death.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.33 अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि। ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि
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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.
