Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 30
Chapter 2
Verse 31 of 72
Verse 32
Verse 2.31
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि। धम्र्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥2.31॥
2.31 svadharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyād dhi yuddhāc chreyo ‘nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Also considering your own duty (svadharma), You ought not to waver. For than a battle in accordance with duty (dharma), There is no greater good for a warrior (kṣatriya).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Look to your own duty; do not tremble before it; nothing is better for a warrior than a battle of sacred duty.

ZaehnerJesuit

(31) Likewise consider your own [caste-]duty, then too you have no cause to quail; for better than a fight prescribed by law is nothing for a man of the princely class.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

2.31 Even considering your own duty you should not waver, since there is nothing else better for a Kṣatriya than a righteous battle.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

2.31 Further, considering also your own duty, it does not befit you to waver. For, to a Kṣatriya, there is no greater good than a righteous war.

SivanandaVedanta

2.31 Further, having regard to thy duty, shouldst not waver, for there is nothing higher for a Kṣatṛya than a righteous war.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 30
Chapter 2
Verse 31 of 72
Verse 32