Bhagavad Gita 18.59
Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga (Liberation Through Renunciation) · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥
yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase |mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati ||
Meaning of Gita 18.59 in English
If, out of ego, you decide 'I will not fight', that decision is useless — your own nature will push you into it anyway.
गीता 18.59 का हिंदी अर्थ
यदि अहंकार के कारण तुम सोचते हो कि 'मैं युद्ध नहीं करूँगा', तो यह निश्चय व्यर्थ है — तुम्हारा स्वभाव ही तुम्हें इसमें लगा देगा।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.