Verse 18.59ॐ
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥18.59॥
✦
18.59 yad ahaṃkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṃ niyokṣyati
Translations
|
BradOriginal Translation
If, resorting to ego (ahaṅkāra), you think "I will not fight," Vain is this resolve of yours; your nature (prakṛti) will compel you.
Stoller MillerLiterary
Your resolve is futile if a sense of individuality makes you think, “I shall not fight”— nature will compel you to.
ZaehnerJesuit
(59) [But if,] relying on your ego, you should think, ‘I will not fight', vain is your resolve, [for] Nature will constrain you.
GambhiranandaAdvaita
18.59 That you think 'I shall not fight', by relying on egotism,-vain is this determination of yours. (Your) nature impel you!
AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita
18.59 If, in your self-conceit, you think, 'I will not fight,' your resolve is in vain. Nature will compel you.
SivanandaVedanta
18.59 If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest: "I will not fight", vain is this, thy resolve; Nature will compel thee.
Commentaries
English
Sanskrit Original