Chapter 18, Verse 60
Text
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा | कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोपि तत् ||१८-६०||
Transliteration
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā . kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat ||18-60||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
18.60 O Arjuna, bound by thy own Karma (action) born of thy own nature, that which from delusion thou wishest not to do, even that thou shalt do helplessly.
In English by Swami Sivananda
18.60 स्वभावजेन born of (thy) own nature, कौन्तेय O son of Kunti, निबद्धः bound, स्वेन (thy) own, कर्मणा by action, कर्तुम् to do, न not, इच्छसि (thou) wishest, यत् which, मोहात् from delusion, करिष्यसि (thou) shalt do, अवशः helpless, अपि also, तत् that.Commentary Thou art endowed, O Arjuna, with martial alities, prowess, valour, skill, etc. Thou art, therefore, bound by these innate alities. Thou wilt be forced to fight by thy own nature. Nature will constrain thee to fight, much against thy will.