2.33 अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि। ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि
atha cait
Word meanings
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.
2.35 भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः। येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्
bhayād
Word meanings
bhayāt—out of fear;raṇāt—from the battlefield;uparatam—have fled;maṁsyante—will think;tvām—you;mahā-rathāḥ—warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors;yeṣhām—for whom;cha—and;tvam—you;bahu-mataḥ—high esteemed;bhūtvā—having been;yāsyasi—you will loose;lāghavam—decreased in value
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The mighty charioteers will think of you as having withdrawn from the battle out of fear; having been highly esteemed by these men, you will be viewed lightly.
Great generals will think that thou hast fled from the battlefield through cowardice; though once honoured thou wilt seem despicable.
The great warriors will think that you have fled from battle in fear. These men who held you in high esteem will speak lightly of you now.
The great chariot-riders will think of you as having desisted from the fight out of fear; and you will into disgrace before them to whom you had been estimable.
The great car-warriors will think that thou hast withdrawn from the battle through fear; and thou wilt be lightly held by them who have thought much of thee.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.34 अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्। संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते
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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.
