Bhagavad Gita · 18.59
॥
Devanāgarī
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase |
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत् अहङ्कारम् आश्रित्यyat ahaṅkāram āśrityaif, taking shelter in false ego.
न योत्स्ये इतिna yotsye iti“I will not fight”.
मन्यसेmanyaseyou think.
मिथ्या एषःmithyā eṣaḥthis is false (mithyā).
व्यवसायः तेvyavasāyaḥ teyour resolve.
प्रकृतिःprakṛtiḥyour nature.
त्वाम्tvāmyou.
नियोक्ष्यतिniyokṣyatiit will compel, it will impel.
Translation
“If, taking shelter in false ego, you think, ‘I will not fight,’ then your resolve is false, for your own nature will compel you to fight.”
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