BG - 18.59

यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।

yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣha vyavasāyas te prakṛitis tvāṁ niyokṣhyati

• yat - if
• ahankāram - motivated by pride
• āśhritya - taking shelter
• na yotsye - I shall not fight
• iti - thus
• manyase - you think
• mithyā eṣhaḥ - this is all false
• vyavasāyaḥ - determination
• te - your
• prakṛitiḥ - material nature
• tvām - you
• niyokṣhyati - will engage

Translation

If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is vain; nature will compel thee.

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