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Chapter 18, Verse 59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे। मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति৷৷
yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yōtsya iti manyasē. mithyaiṣa vyavasāyastē prakṛtistvāṅ niyōkṣyati৷৷
Translation
If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
यत् if, अहङ्कारम् egoism, आश्रित्य having taken refuge in, न not, योत्स्ये (I) will fight, इति thus, मन्यसे (thou) thinkest, मिथ्या vain, एषः this, व्यवसायः resolve, ते thy, प्रकृतिः nature, त्वाम् thee, नियोक्ष्यति will compel. Commentary: This strong determination of thy mind will be rendered utterly futile by thy inner nature thy nature will constrain thee thy nature as a warrior will compel thee to fight. It is a mere illusion to say that thou art Arjuna, that these are thy relatives and that to kill them will be a sin.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.