Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा । कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā | kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśo'pi tat
Translation
Bound (as thou art), O son of Kuntī, by thy own nature-born act, that which from delusion thou likest not to do, thou shalt do, though against thy will.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- svabhāvajena
- by own-nature-born
- kaunteya
- O Kaunteya
- nibaddhaḥ
- bound
- svena
- by own
- karmaṇā
- by action
- kartum
- to do
- na
- not
- icchasi
- (thou) wishest
- yat
- that
- mohāt
- from delusion
- kariṣyasi
- (thou) shalt do
- avaśaḥ
- helpless
- api
- also
- tat
- that
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Nature-born: such as prowess etc. (xviii.43). Against thy will: in subjection to some external force.