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 mā sma gamaḥ pārtha na etat tvayi upapadyate kṣhudram hṛidaya daurbalyam tyaktvā uttiṣhṭha param-tapa

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!