Chapter 2 · Verse 3
Transcendental Knowledge
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप
klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayyupapadyate kṣhudraṁ hṛidaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣhṭha parantapa
Word Meanings
klaibyam — unmanliness; mā sma — do not; gamaḥ — yield to; pārtha — Arjun, the son of Pritha; na — not; etat — this; tvayi — to you; upapadyate — befitting; kṣhudram — petty; hṛidaya — heart; daurbalyam — weakness; tyaktvā — giving up; uttiṣhṭha — arise; param-tapa — conqueror of enemies
Translation
Do not yield to unmanliness, O Arjuna. This does not befit you. Cast off this petty weakness of heart and arise, O conqueror of foes!