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Bhagavad Gita 18.59

यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।

yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣha vyavasāyas te prakṛitis tvāṁ niyokṣhyati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yatyatif
ahankāramahankārammotivated by pride
āśhrityaāśhrityataking shelter
na yotsyena yotsyeI shall not fight
itiitithus
manyasemanyaseyou think
mithyā eṣhaḥmithyā eṣhaḥthis is all false
vyavasāyaḥvyavasāyaḥdetermination
teteyour
prakṛitiḥprakṛitiḥmaterial nature
tvāmtvāmyou
niyokṣhyatiniyokṣhyatiwill engage

If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is vain; nature will compel thee.

और अहंकारवश तुम जो यह सोच रहे हो, "मैं युद्ध नहीं करूंगा", यह तुम्हारा निश्चय मिथ्या है, (क्योंकि) प्रकृति (तुम्हारा स्वभाव) ही तुम्हें (बलात् कर्म में) प्रवृत्त करेगी।।