Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 59

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 59

    यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣha vyavasāyas te prakṛitis tvāṁ niyokṣhyati

    Translation

    If, in your self-conceit, you think, 'I will not fight,' your resolve is futile. Nature will compel you.
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