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Bhagavad Gita 2.3

क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।

klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayyupapadyate kṣhudraṁ hṛidaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣhṭha parantapa

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
klaibyamklaibyamunmanliness
mā smamā smado not
gamaḥgamaḥyield to
pārthapārthaArjun, the son of Pritha
nananot
etatetatthis
tvayitvayito you
upapadyateupapadyatebefitting
kṣhudramkṣhudrampetty
hṛidayahṛidayaheart
daurbalyamdaurbalyamweakness
tyaktvātyaktvāgiving up
uttiṣhṭhauttiṣhṭhaarise
param-tapaparam-tapaconqueror of enemies

Do not yield to impotence, O Arjuna, son of Pritha. It does not befit you. Cast off this mean weakness of the heart! Stand up, O conqueror of foes!

हे पार्थ क्लीव (कायर) मत बनो। यह तुम्हारे लिये अशोभनीय है, हे ! परंतप हृदय की क्षुद्र दुर्बलता को त्यागकर खड़े हो जाओ।।