February3 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.31-2.33 (Day 34) Sankhya Yoga
February 3 – Chapter 2;
Verses 31-33
Day 34 [2.31-2.33]
स्वधर्ममपि
चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि ।
धर्म्याद्धि
युद्धाच्छ्रेयो ऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥ २-३१॥
swa-dharmam api chāvekṣhya na vikampitum arhasi
dharmyāddhi yuddhāch chhreyo ’nyat kṣhatriyasya na vidyate (2.31)
ஸ்வத4ர்மமபி1 சா1வேக்ஷ்ய ந விக1ம்பி1து1மர்ஹஸி
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த4ர்ம்யாத்3தி4 யுத்3தா4ச்1ச்2ரேயோன்யத்1க்ஷத்1ரியஸ்ய ந வித்3யதே1 ||31||
31. Further, having regard to thy own duty, thou shouldst
not waver, for there is nothing higher for a Kshatriya than a righteous war.
Commentary:
Lord
Krishna now gives to Arjuna worldly reasons for fighting. Up to this time, He talked to Arjuna on the
immortality of the Self and gave him philosophical reasons. Now He says to Arjuna, “O Arjuna! Fighting is
a Kshatriya’s own duty. You ought not to
swerve from that duty. To a Kshatriya (one
born in the warrior or ruling class) nothing is more welcome than a righteous
war. A warrior should fight”.
यदृच्छया
चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।
सुखिनः
क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥ २-३२॥
yadṛichchhayā chopapannaṁ
swarga-dvāram apāvṛitam
sukhinaḥ kṣhatriyāḥ pārtha
labhante yuddham īdṛiśham (2.32)
யத்3ருச்1ச2யா சோ1ப1ப1ன்னம்
ஸ்வர்க3த்3வாரமபா1வ்ருத1ம் |
ஸுகி2ன: க்ஷத்1ரியா: பா1ர்த2 லப4ன்தே1 யுத்3த4மீத்3ருஶம்
||32||
32. Happy are the Kshatriyas, O Arjuna, who are called
upon to fight in such a battle that comes of itself as an open door to heaven!
Commentary: The
scriptures declare that if a warrior (Kshatriya) dies for a righteous cause on
the battlefield, he at once ascends to heaven.
अथ चेत्त्वमिमं
धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।
ततः स्वधर्मं
कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥ २-३३॥
atha chet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣhyasi
tataḥ swa-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ cha hitwā pāpam avāpsyasi (2.33)
அத2 சே1த்1வமிமம் த4ர்ம்யம்
ஸங்க்3ராமம் ந க1ரிஷ்யஸி |
த1த:1 ஸ்வத4ர்மம் கீ1ர்தி1ம்
ச1 ஹித்1வா பா1ப1மவாப்1ஸ்யஸி
||33||
33. But, if thou wilt not fight in this righteous war,
then, having abandoned thine duty and fame, thou shalt incur sin.
Commentary: The Lord reminds
Arjuna of the fame he had already earned and which he would now lose if he
refused to fight. Arjuna had acquired
great fame by fighting with Lord Siva.
Arjuna proceeded on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas. He fought with Siva Who appeared in the guise
of a mountaineer (Kirata) and got from Him the Pasupatastra, a celestial
weapon.-*-
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