Sanskrit · Devanagari
यदहंकारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे। मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥
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yadahaṃkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882If entertaining egotism, you think that you may not fight, vain, indeed, is that resolution of yours. Nature will constrain you. That
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.59।। --,यदि चेत् त्वम् अहंकारम् आश्रित्य न योत्स्ये इति न युद्धं करिष्यामि इति मन्यसे चिन्तयसि निश्चयं करोषि? मिथ्या एषः व्यवसायः निश्चयः ते तव यस्मात् प्रकृतिः क्षत्रियस्वभावः त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।यस्माच्च --,
c7fb4294b65e…Rāmānuja
18.59 If, in your 'self-conceit,' i.e., under a false sense of independence that you know what is good for you and what is not - if, not heeding My ?nd, you think, 'I will not fight,' then this resolve based on your sense of independence will be in vain. For Nature will compel you to go against your resolve - you who are ignorant and who adversely react to my sovereignty. He elucidates the same:
271807ec6acb…Swami Sivananda
18.59 यत् if? अहङ्कारम् egoism? आश्रित्य having taken refuge in? न not? योत्स्ये (I) will fight? इति thus? मन्यसे (thou) thinkest? मिथ्या vain? एषः this? व्यवसायः resolve? ते thy? प्रकृतिः nature? त्वाम् thee? नियोक्ष्यति will compel.Commentary This strong determination of thy mind will be rendered utterly futile by thy inner nature thy nature will constrain thee thy nature as a warrior will compel thee to fight. It is a mere illusion to say that thou art Arjuna? that these are thy relatives and that to kill them will be a sin.
5e297b7e3b02…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.