Bhagavad Gita 18.60 Meaning: Svabhavajena kaunteya

Bhagavad Gita 18.60

स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥

Svabhavajena kaunteya nibaddhah svena karmanaKartum nechchhasi yanmohatkarishyasyavashopi tat

svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā |kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśo’pi tat ||

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Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna, son of Kunti, that he is bound by his own work, born of his nature; what he does not wish to do out of confusion, he will do even against his will.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन (कौन्तेय) से कहते हैं कि वे अपने स्वभाव से उत्पन्न अपने कर्म से बँधे हैं; जो वे मोह के कारण नहीं करना चाहते, वह विवश होकर भी करेंगे।

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स्वभावजेन svabhāvajena · born of your nature (compound (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: sva-bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1276, col. 1 “innate or inherent disposition, nature”; 2. ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 407, col. 3 “ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by”
कौन्तेय kaunteya · O son of Kunti (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kaunteya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 316, col. 2 “metron. fr. Kuntī, N. of Yudhishṭhira, Bhīma-sena, and Arjuna”
निबद्धः nibaddhaḥ · bound (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ni-baddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 550, col. 1 “bound, fettered, chained, tied or fastened to”
स्वेन svena · by your own (pronoun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own”
कर्मणा karmaṇā · work (noun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
कर्तुम् kartum · to do (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
इच्छसि icchasi · you wish (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 3. iṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 1 “to desire, wish, long for, request”
यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
मोहात् mohāt · out of delusion (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: moha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly”
करिष्यसि kariṣyasi · you will do (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake”
अवशः avaśaḥ · against your will (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-vaśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 104, col. 1 “not having one's own free will, doing something against one's desire or unwillingly”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

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