Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे । मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति
yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase | mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati
Translation
If, indulging egotism, thou thinkest 'I will not fight,' vain is this, thy resolve; nature will constrain thee.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yat
- which
- ahaṅkāram
- egoism
- āśritya
- having taken refuge in
- na
- not
- yotsye
- (I) will fight
- iti
- thus
- manyase
- (thou) thinkest
- mithyā
- vain
- eṣaḥ
- this
- vyavasāyaḥ
- resolution
- te
- thy
- prakṛtiḥ
- nature
- tvām
- thee
- niyokṣyati
- will compel
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Thinkest, resolvest. Vain: for thy nature as a Kṣatriya will constrain thee to do so.