# Bhagavad Gita 2.31

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.31`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।
धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥

## IAST

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi
dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo.anyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Having regard to your own duty also, you ought not to falter, for there is nothing better for a Kṣatriya than a righteous battle.

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