Saturday, October 22, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 43

शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम् ।

दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ॥१८- ४३॥



śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam ।

dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam ॥18- 43॥

Heroism, austerity, courage, skill, and even not fleeing in battle, generosity, and lordly spirit is the action related to the kshatriya caste born of one's own nature. 


śauryaṃ (neuter, nominative, singular) = heroism  

tejas (neuter, nominative, singular) = austerity 

dhṛtis (feminine, nominative, singular) = courage 

dākṣyam (neuter, nominative, singular) = skill  

yuddhe (neuter, locative, singular) = in battle

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even 

apalāyanam (neuter, nominative, singular) = not fleeing 

dānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = generosity 

īśvarabhāvas (masculine, nominative, singular) = lordly spirit 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

kṣātraṃ (neuter, nominative, singular) = related to the kshatriya caste

karma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action 

svabhāvajam (neuter, nominative, singular) = born of one's own nature 


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