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Chapter 18

Chapter 18 · Verse 60

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा | कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोपि तत् ||१८-६०||

svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā . kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat ||18-60||

In plain words

Thou art endowed. O Arjuna with martial alities prowess valour skill etc. Thou art therefore bound by these innate alities.

Translation

18.60 O Arjuna, bound by your own duty born out of your own inner disposition, and having no control over your own will, you will be compelled to do that very thing which you now desire not to do through delusion.

Meaning

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.

Word by word

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.