BG 18.59
यद्यहंकारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति
yady ahaṃkāram āśritya
na yotsya iti manyase
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te
prakṛtis tvāṃ niyokṣyati
SYNONYMS
yadi: If | ahaṅkāram: self-conceit | āśritya: in your | na: not | yotsye: I will fight | iti: thus | manyase: you think | mithyā: is in vain | eṣaḥ: this | vyavasāyaḥ: resolve | te: your | prakṛtiḥ: Nature | tvām: you | niyokṣyati: will compel |
TRANSLATION
If, in your self-conceit, you think, ‘I will not fight,’ your resolve is in vain. Nature will compel you.
PURPORT
If, in your ‘self-conceit,’ i.e., under a false sense of independence that you know what is good for you and what is not —if, not heeding My command, you think, .’I will not fight,’ then this resolve based on your sense of independence will be in vain. For Nature will compel you to go against your resolve—you who are ignorant and who adversely react to my sovereignty.
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