Sanskrit · Devanagari
अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि। ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882then you will have abandoned your own duty and your fame and you will incur sin.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.33।। अथ चेत् त्वम् इमं धर्म्यं धर्मादनपेतं विहितं संग्रामं युद्धं न करिष्यसि चेत् ततः तदकरणात् स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च महादेवादिसमागमनिमित्तां हित्वा केवलं पापम् अवाप्स्यसि।।न केवलं स्वधर्मकीर्तिपरित्यागः
fd314c4a4419…Rāmānuja
2.33 If in delusion, you do not wage this war, which has started and which is the duty of a Ksatriya, then, owing to the non-performance of your immediate and incumbent duty, you will lose the immeasurable bliss which is the fruit of discharging your duty and the immeasurable fame which is the fruit of victory. In addition, you will incur extreme sin.
1a9f78ed1050…Swami Sivananda
2.33 अथ चेत् but if? त्वम् thou? इमम् this? धर्म्यम् righteous? संग्रामम् warfare? न not? करिष्यसि will do? ततः,then? स्वधर्मम् own duty? कीर्तिम् fame? च and? हित्वा having abandoned? पापम् sin? अवाप्स्यसि shall incur.Commentary The Lord reminds Arjuna of the fame he had already earned and which he would now lose if he refused to fight. Arjuna had acired great fame by fighting with Lord Siva. Arjuna proceeded on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas. He fought with Siva Who appeared in the guise of a mountaineer (Kirata) and got from Him the Pasupatastra? a celestial weapon.
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