Bhagavad Gita 18.60 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“You will end up doing what you were made to do.”
What it means
“Bound by your own nature and its tendencies, Arjuna, you will end up doing — helplessly — what in your confusion you don't want to do.”
The original Sanskrit
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा । कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोपि तत् ॥
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat
Translations
Literal translation
Being bound by your own duty born of nature, O son of Kunti, you, being helpless, will verily do that which you do not wish to do owing to indiscrimination.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे कौन्तेय ! तुम अपने स्वाभाविक कर्मों से बंधे हो, (अत:) मोहवशात् जिस कर्म को तुम करना नहीं चाहते हो, वही तुम विवश होकर करोगे।
Swami Tejomayananda
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