Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 32
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् । सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam | sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam
Translation
Happy Kṣatriyas, O son of Pṛthā, find such a battle as this, come of itself, an open door to heaven.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yadṛcchayā
- by chance
- ca
- and
- upapannam
- happened
- svargadvāram
- of heaven, door
- apāvṛtam
- opened
- sukhinaḥ
- happy
- kṣatriyāḥ
- kṣatriyas
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- labhante
- obtain
- yuddham
- battle
- īdṛśam
- like this
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
A battle that has come of its own accord — undertaken not by ambition or aggression but by the operation of dharma itself — opens of itself an unobstructed door to heaven. Only fortunate Kṣatriyas find such a battle thrust upon them.