Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 18: The Path of Liberation (Moká¹£a-yoga). Text 59

yad ahaá¹…kÄram ÄÅ›ritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiva vyavasÄyas te praká¹›tis tvÄá¹ niyoká¹£yati [59]

  1. ÄÅ›ritya–Resorting to; ahaá¹…kÄram–pride; yat manyase iti–you are thinking; na yotsya–“I shall not fightâ€; (eá¹£aḥ)–but such; vyavasÄyaḥ–a decision; te–of yours; (bhaviá¹£yati)–will be; mithyÄ eva–only in vain. praká¹›tiḥ–The nature befitting a ká¹£atriya; niyoká¹£yati–will compel; [59]


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Out of pride you are thinking, “I shall not fight.†But your decision will be in vain, for your nature (as akṣatriya) will compel you to fight.

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