Bhagavad Gita 18.59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे। मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।
yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase. mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṃ niyokṣyati.।।18.59।।
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- यत्
- if
- अहङ्कारम्
- egoism/false identification with the body
- आश्रित्य
- having resorted to / relying on
- न योत्स्ये
- 'I shall not fight'
- इति
- thus
- मन्यसे
- you think
- मिथ्या
- false
- एषः
- this
- व्यवसायः
- resolve/determination
- ते
- your
- प्रकृतिः
- (your own) material nature
- त्वाम्
- you
- नियोक्ष्यति
- will compel/engage
Commentary
59. If, indulging egotism, thou thinkest «1 will not fight,' vain is this, thy resolve ; nature will constrain thee,
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यत्
अहङ्कारम्
आश्रित्य
न योत्स्ये
इति
मन्यसे
मिथ्या
एषः
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नियोक्ष्यति
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