Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 60

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1 स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्ध: स्वेन कर्मणा |कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ||
2 भावार्थ:
3 Translation

स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्ध: स्वेन कर्मणा |
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ||

swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā
kartuṁ nechchhasi yan mohāt kariṣhyasy avaśho ’pi tat

भावार्थ:

हे कुन्तीपुत्र! जिस कर्म को तू मोह के कारण करना नहीं चाहता, उसको भी अपने पूर्वकृत स्वाभाविक कर्म से बँधा हुआ परवश होकर करेगा॥60॥

Translation

O Arjun, that action which out of delusion you do not wish to do, you will be driven to do it by your own inclination, born of your own material natu

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.60 And because of nibaddhah, being securely bound; svena, by your own; karmana, duty; svabhavajena, born of nature [Svabhava means those tendencies which are created by good bad actions performed in previous births, and which become the cause of performance of duties, renunciation, experience of happiness, sorrow, etc. in the present birth.-S.]-herosim etc. as stated (in 43); O son of Kunti, you avasah, being helpless, under another’s control; karisyasi api, will verily do; tat, that duty; yat, which duty; you na, do not; icchasi, wish; kartum, to do; mohat, owing to indiscrimination.
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