Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.32: Yadrichchhaya chopapannam
Krishna says that fortunate warriors get such a war without seeking it.
Bhagavad Gita 2.32
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥
Yadrichchhaya chopapannam svargadvaramapavritam
Sukhinah kshatriyah partha labhante yuddhamidrisham
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam |
sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam ||
Our meaning Krishna says that fortunate warriors get such a war without seeking it. It comes to them like an open door to heaven.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि ऐसा युद्ध भाग्यशाली क्षत्रियों को अपने-आप मिलता है, मानो स्वर्ग का खुला द्वार।
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- यदृच्छया yadṛcchayā by chance, unsought (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: yad-ṛcchā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 3
self-will, spontaneity, accident, chance
- च ca and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1
ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as
- उपपन्नम् upapannam come of itself (past participle (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: upa-panna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 201, col. 3
obtained, reached, gained
- स्वर्गद्वारम् svargadvāram the door of heaven (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: svarga-dvāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1281, col. 3
heaven's gate
- अपावृतम् apāvṛtam open (past participle (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: apā-vṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 54, col. 3
open, laid open
- सुखिनः sukhinaḥ happy, fortunate (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sukhin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1222, col. 1
possessing or causing happiness or pleasure, happy, joyful
- क्षत्रियाः kṣatriyāḥ kshatriyas (warriors) (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: kṣatriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 325, col. 2
governing, endowed with sovereignty
- पार्थ pārtha O Partha (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3
- लभन्ते labhante get (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: labh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2
to gain possession of, obtain, receive
- युद्धम् yuddham a battle (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yuddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 854, col. 3
battle, fight, war
- ईदृशम् īdṛśam such (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: īdṛśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 170, col. 2
endowed with such qualities, such
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 46.
Happy those Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ! who can find such a battle (to fight)—come of itself1—an open door to heaven!
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Without any effort, that is to say, of one's own. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 46.
Happy those Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ! who can find such a battle (to fight)—come of itself1—an open door to heaven!
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Without any effort, that is to say, of one's own. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 30.
Happy the Kshattriyas, O Pârtha, who obtain such a fight, spontaneously offered as an open door to Svarga.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 41.
Fortunate certainly are the Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ, who are called to fight in such a battle, that comes unsought as an open gate to heaven.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.32
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।
सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥
“Happy those Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ! who can find such a battle (to fight)—come of itself—an open door to heaven!”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“Happy the Kshattriyas, O Pârtha, who obtain such a fight, spontaneously offered as an open door to Svarga.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“Fortunate certainly are the Kshatriyas, O son of Prithâ, who are called to fight in such a battle, that comes unsought as an open gate to heaven.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Sanskrit text
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
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