Bhagavad Gita · 18.60
॥
Devanāgarī
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
svabhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā |
kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo 'pi tat ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
स्वभावजेनsvabhāva-jenaborn (jena) of your own nature (svabhāva).
कौन्तेयkaunteyaO son of Kunti!
निबद्धःnibaddhaḥbound.
स्वेन कर्मणाsvena karmaṇāby your own (svena) activity (karmaṇā).
कर्तुम् न इच्छसिkartum na icchasithat which you do not wish (na icchasi) to do (kartum).
यत् मोहात्yat mohātthat which [you now reject] out of illusion.
करिष्यसिkariṣyasiyou will do.
अवशः अपिavaśaḥ apieven against (api) your will (avaśaḥ).
तत्tatthat.
Translation
“O son of Kunti, bound by your own activity, born of your nature, you will — even against your will — do that which now, in illusion, you refuse to do.”
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