Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 60.

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Tuesday, December 06, 2022. 07:00. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam-60. ( with translation )

"svabhavajena   kaunteya    nibaddhah   svena   karmana,

kartum   necchasi   yanmohat   karishyasyavasopi   tat."

"Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by your own nature, you will act all the same, O Arjuna!" 

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Translation :

kaunteya   =   Arjuna!

svabhavajena   =  according  to  your  own  svabhavam  ( conduct / nature );

svena   karmana   =   by  your  own  karma ( acrion );

nibaddhah  =  you  are  tied  ( conditioned );

mohat  =  by  illusion;

yat   kartum  na    icchasi  =  if  you  try  to  escape  from  doing  your  own  karma;

tat  =  the  same  karma;

avash  api    =  having  no  choice  to  avoid;

karishyasi  =  later  you  will  be  certainly  compelled  to  do. 

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Bhashyam ( Vyakyanam ) :

Continuing the previous theme Lord Krishna affirms that actions which are one's natural duty which due to illusion one is not willing do, will in spite of that compel one to do so by the predominating guna or mode of material nature which will coerce one to do them anyway. 

In this present situation a kshatriya warrior is naturally possesses valour, courage and a heroic temperament and are situated in raja guna the mode of passion. 

This is not random but follows a thread from previous births. 

A kshatriya cannot tolerate even the slightest ridicule or insult. 

So upon hearing the raucous insults about his bravery and the degrading insults to his manhood displaying his prowess from the opposing enemy a kshatriya cannot refrain from avenging their honor in battle regardless the odds.

It is a natural tendency for the kshatriyas or royal warriors to be heroically predisposed to fight for a righteous cause. 

In the case of mohat out of delusion having the false notion to abstain from fulfilling their natural duty so strong is it that one will definitely be compelled to plunge into battle even against one's own will when one has been hurled the bitter sting of insults and depredations of cowardice from one's opponents. 

Indeed all jivas or embodied beings are bound by the indomitable laws of karma or reactions from past actions assuming various physical bodies to invariably adhere to the influence of the predominant guna or mode of material nature.

Continuing such chastisement Lord Krishna further expands the previous theme by explaining that the nature and impressions experienced in past lives is the cause of birth for everyone. 

So birth as a kshatriya or warrior is no different. Valour, courage, fearlessness are the qualities of kshatriyas as enumerated previously are a natural part of a ksatriyas constitution and cannot be thwarted. 

So if out of illusion a kshatriya thinks that they can go against their natural tendencies they are deluded.

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To be continued  

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