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dehī nityam avadhyo ‘yaḿ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaḿ śocitum arhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.30 O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need...

sva-dharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyād dhi yuddhāc chreyo ‘nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.31 Considering your specific duty as a kshatriya, you should know that there is no...

yadṛcchayā copapannaḿ svarga-dvāram apāvṛtam sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.32 O Partha, happy are the kshatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought,...

atha cet tvam imaḿ dharmyaḿ sańgrāmaḿ na kariṣyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaḿ kīrtiḿ ca hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.33 If, however, you do not perform your religious duty of fighting, then you will...

akīrtiḿ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ‘vyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.34 People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than...

bhayād raṇād uparataḿ maḿsyante tvāḿ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣāḿ ca tvaḿ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.35 The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have...

avacya-vadams ca bahun vadisyanti tavahitah nindantas tava samarthyam tato duhkhataram nu kim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.36 Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more...

hato vā prāpsyasi svargaḿ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.37 O son of Kunti, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly...

sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaḿ pāpam avāpsyasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.38 Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain,...

eṣā te ‘bhihitā sāńkhye buddhir yoge tv imāḿ śṛṇu buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaḿ prahāsyasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.39 Thus far I have described this knowledge to you through analytical study. Now...