Bhagavad Gita · 2.3
॥
Devanāgarī
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate |
kṣudraṁ hṛdayadaurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
क्लैब्यम्klaibyamimpotence, faintheartedness, cowardice, unmanliness.
मा स्म गमःmā sma gamaḥdo not yield, do not go [to this].
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha! (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī).
न एतत्na etatnot this.
त्वयिtvayifor you.
उपपद्यतेupapadyatebefits, is fitting, is worthy.
क्षुद्रम्kṣudrambase, petty, trivial, shameful.
हृदयदौर्बल्यम्hṛdaya-daurbalyamweakness (daurbalya) of heart (hṛdaya).
त्यक्त्वाtyaktvāhaving cast off, having abandoned.
उत्तिष्ठuttiṣṭharise! stand up!
परन्तपparantapaO Parantapa! (conqueror of foes).
Translation
“O Pārtha, do not yield to this demeaning faintheartedness! It is unworthy of you. Cast off this shameful weakness of heart and rise, O conqueror of foes!”
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