2.3 क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha na
Word meanings
klaibyam—unmanliness;mā sma—do not;gamaḥ—yield to;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;na—not;etat—this;tvayi—to you;upapadyate—befitting;kṣhudram—petty;hṛidaya—heart;daurbalyam—weakness;tyaktvā—giving up;uttiṣhṭha—arise;param-tapa—conqueror of enemies
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Do not stoop to unmanliness, O son of Kunti! It does not befit you. Shunning the petty weakness of heart, arise, O scorcher of foes!
O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!
Yield not to unmanliness, O Arjuna, it does not become you. Shake off this base faint-heartedness and arise, O scorcher of foes!
O Partha, yield not to unmanliness. This does not befit you. O scorcher of foes, arise, giving up the petty weakness of the heart.
Yield not to impotence, O Arjuna, son of Pritha! It does not befit thee. Cast off this mean weakness of the heart. Stand up, O scorcher of foes!
2.5 गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके। हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्
gurūn
Word meanings
gurūn—teachers;ahatvā—not killing;hi—certainly;mahā-anubhāvān—noble elders;śhreyaḥ—better;bhoktum—to enjoy life;bhaikṣhyam—by begging;api—even;iha loke—in this world;hatvā—killing;artha—gain;kāmān—desiring;tu—but;gurūn—noble elders;iha—in this world;eva—certainly;bhuñjīya—enjoy;bhogān—pleasures;rudhira—blood;pradigdhān—tainted with
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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It is indeed good to go about begging in this world without killing the elders of great dignity; however, I would not enjoy, with greed for wealth, the blood-stained objects of pleasure by killing my elders.
Rather would I content myself with a beggar's crust that kill these teachers of mine, these precious noble souls! To slay these masters who are my benefactors would be to stain the sweetness of life's pleasures with their blood.
It is better even to live on a beggar's fare in this world than to slay these most venerable teachers. If I should slay my teachers, though degraded they be by desire for wealth, I would be enjoying only blood-stained pleasures here.
Rather than killing the noble-minded elders, it is better in this world to live even on alms. But by killing the elders, we shall only be enjoying here the pleasures of wealth and desirable things drenched in blood.
Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I kill them, even in this world all my enjoyments of wealth and desires will be stained with (their) blood.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.4 कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन। इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन
arjuna uvāca
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Word meanings
katham—how;bhīṣhmam—Bheeshma;aham—I;sankhye—in battle;droṇam—Dronacharya;cha—and;madhu-sūdana—Shree Krishn, slayer of the Madhu demon;iṣhubhiḥ—with arrows;pratiyotsyāmi—shall I shoot;pūjā-arhau—worthy of worship;ari-sūdana—destroyer of enemies
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Arjuna said, "How can I fight in battle with arrows against Bhisma and Drona, both of whom are worthy of reverence? O slayer of Mandhu, O slayer of foes!"
Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?
Arjuna said How can I, O slayer of foes, aim arrows in battle against Bhisma and Drona who are worthy of reverence?
O Madhusudan, O destroyer of enemies, how can I fight with arrows in battle against Bhishma and Drona who are worthy of adoration?
How, O Madhusudana, shall I fight in battle with arrows against Bhishma and Drona, who are fit to be worshipped, O destroyer of enemies?
