sva-bhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā
kartuṃ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo ‘pi tat
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he kaunteya (O son of Kuntī),
mohāt (out of bewilderment) [
tvam]
(you) yat [
karma]
(which activity) kartuṁ (to do) na icchasi (you do not want),
svena svabhāva-jena karmaṇā (by that which is born from one’s own nature activity) nibaddhaḥ (who is bound)
avaśaḥ [
san]
(being unwilling) tat api [
karma]
(just that activity) kariṣyati (you will do).
| sva-bhāva-jena |
– |
sva-bhāva-ja 3n.1 n. – by that which is born from one’s own nature (from: sva – own; bhāva – being, state, nature, sva-bhāva – own nature, natural state; √jan – to be born, ja – suffix: born); |
| kaunteya |
– |
kaunteya 8n.1 m. – O son of Kuntī (from: kunti – the people of Kunti, kuntī – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
| nibaddhaḥ |
– |
ni-baddha (ni-√bandh – to bind, to fetter) PP 1n.1 m. – who is bound; |
| svena |
– |
sva sn. 3n.1 n. – by one’s own; |
| karmaṇā |
– |
karman 3n.1 n. – by activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| kartum |
– |
√kṛ (to do) inf. – to do; |
| na |
– |
av. – not; |
| icchasi |
– |
√iṣ (to desire) Praes. P 2v.1 – you desire; |
| yat |
– |
yat sn. 2n.1 n. – that which; |
| mohāt |
– |
moha 5n.1 m. – out of bewilderment (from: √muh – to become confused, bewildered, stupefied); |
| kariṣyasi |
– |
√kṛ (to do) Fut. P 2v.1 – you will do; |
| avaśaḥ |
– |
avaśa 1n.1 m. – unwillingly, not under control (from: √vaś – to desire, to subjugate, to command, vaśa – wish, power, control, dominion); |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| tat |
– |
tat sn. 2n.1 n. – that; |
sva-bhāva-jena → sva-bhāva-jñena / sva-bhāvādyena (with knowledge of one’s own nature swoją naturę / with that which begins from one’s own nature);
necchasi → icchasi (you desire);
yan mohāt → tan mohāt (that out of bewilderment);
kariṣyasi → kariṣyati (he will do);
tat → san / taṁ (being / that);
yasmāc ca—
svabhāva-jena śauryādinā yathoktena kaunteya nibaddho niścayena baddhaḥ svena ātmīyena karmaṇā kartuṃ necchasi yat karma, mohād avivekataḥ kariṣyasy avaśo’pi paravaśa eva tat karma
tad upapādayati
svabhāvajaṃ hi kṣatriyasya karma śauryam / svabhāvajena śauryākhyena svena karmaṇā nibaddhaḥ, tad evāvaśaḥ, parair dharṣaṇam asahamānas tvam eva tad yuddhaṃ kariṣyasi, yad idānīṃ mohād ajñānāt kartuṃ necchasi
kiṃ ca svabhāvajeneti | svabhāvaḥ kṣatriyatva-hetuḥ pūrva-janma-saṃskāras tasmāj jātena svīyena karmaṇā śauryādinā pūrvoktena nibaddhaḥ yantritas tvaṃ mohāt yat karma yuddha-lakṣaṇaṃ kartuṃ necchasi avaśaḥ san tat karma kariṣyasy eva
uktam evārthaṃ vivṛṇoti svabhāvaḥ kṣatriyatve hetuḥ pūrva-saṃskāras tasmāj jātena svīyena karmaṇā nibaddho yantritaḥ
uktam upapādayati svabhāveti | yadi tvaṃ mohād ajñānān mad-uktam api yuddhaṃ kartuṃ necchasi, tadā svabhāvajena svena karmaṇā śauryeṇa man-māyodbhāsitena nibaddho ‚vaśas tat kariṣyasi
