POWERFUL COGNITION
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Svadharma - Fight you are a Ksatriya!
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।
सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्
॥ २=३२ ॥
yadṛcchayā copapannaṁ
svargadvāramapāvṛtam sukhinaḥ
kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante
yuddhamīdṛśam
O Pārtha, happy indeed are the
kṣatriyas who are called to fight in
such a battle without seeking. This
opens for them the door to heaven
POWERFUL COGNITION
By fighting as your own responsibility demands, you earn merits and go to heaven.
अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।
ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि
॥ २=३३॥
atha cettvamimaṁ dharmyaṁ
saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi tataḥ
svadharmaṁ kīrtiṁ ca hitvā
pāpamavāpsyasi
If you will not fight this righteous
war, then you will incur sin having
abandoned your own responsibility
[svadharma], and you will lose your
reputation
POWERFUL COGNITION
Your dharma is your responsibility
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते
॥ २=३४॥
akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti
te'vyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtir
maraṇādatiricyate
People too will remember your
everlasting dishonor and to one who
has been honored, dishonor is worse
than death
POWERFUL COGNITION
You are responsible for everything happening around you.
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।
निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्
॥ २=३६॥
bhayādraṇāduparataṁ maṁsyante
tvāṁ mahārathāḥ yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ
bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
The great generals will think that
you have withdrawn from the battle
because you are a coward. You will
be looked down upon by those who
had thought much of you and your
heroism in the past
POWERFUL COGNITION
You have the ability to decide how you want to feel!