Chapter 18, Verse 60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा। कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्।।18.60।।
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā. kartuṃ necchasi yanmohāt kariṣyasy avaśo'pi tat.।18.60।.
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- स्वभावजेन
- born of your own nature
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- निबद्धः
- bound
- स्वेन
- by your own
- कर्मणा
- action/duty
- कर्तुम्
- to do
- न
- not
- इच्छसि
- you wish
- यत्
- which
- मोहात्
- out of delusion
- करिष्यसि
- you will do
- अवशः
- helplessly/without control
- अपि
- even
- तत्
- that
Commentary
60. Bound (as thou art), O son of Kunti, by thy own nature-born act; that which from delusion thou likest not to do, thou shalt do, though against thy will.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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स्वभावजेन
कौन्तेय
निबद्धः
स्वेन
कर्मणा
कर्तुम्
न
इच्छसि
यत्
मोहात्
करिष्यसि
अवशः
अपि
तत्
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