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Bhagavad GitaChapter 2, Verse 31(31 of 72 in chapter 2)
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Bhagavad Gita 2.31

भगवद्गीता 2.31

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Sanskrit Text

स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि। धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।

Transliteration

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi| dharmyāddhi yuddhāchreyo'nyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate||2.31||

Meaning (English)

2.31 Further, even though there is killing of life in this war which has begun, it is not fit for you to waver, considering your own duty, as in the Agnisomiya and other sacrifices involving slaughter. To a Ksatriya, there is no greater good than a righteous war, begun for a just cause. It will be declared in the Gita: 'Valour, non-defeat (by the enemies), fortitude, adroitness and also not fleeing from battle, generosity, lordliness - these are the duties of the Ksatriya born of his very natur

Meaning (Hindi)

2.31 Further, even though there is killing of life in this war which has begun, it is not fit for you to waver, considering your own duty, as in the Agnisomiya and other sacrifices involving slaughter. To a Ksatriya, there is no greater good than a righteous war, begun for a just cause. It will be declared in the Gita: 'Valour, non-defeat (by the enemies), fortitude, adroitness and also not fleeing from battle, generosity, lordliness - these are the duties of the Ksatriya born of his very natur

Benefits

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Source

Bhagavad Gita 2.31, Ch. 2, V. 31

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