BG - 2.3

क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।

klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayyupapadyate kṣhudraṁ hṛidaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣhṭha parantapa

• klaibyam - unmanliness
• mā sma - do not
• gamaḥ - yield to
• pārtha - Arjun, the son of Pritha
• na - not
• etat - this
• tvayi - to you
• upapadyate - befitting
• kṣhudram - petty
• hṛidaya - heart
• daurbalyam - weakness
• tyaktvā - giving up
• uttiṣhṭha - arise
• param-tapa - conqueror of enemies

Translation

Do not yield to impotence, O Arjuna, son of Pritha. It does not befit you. Cast off this mean weakness of the heart! Stand up, O conqueror of foes!

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