स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि | धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ||२-३१||
svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi . dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo.anyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate ||2-31||
- sva-dharmam
- one’s own religious principles
- api
- also
- ca
- indeed
- avekṣya
- considering
- na
- never
- vikampitum
- to hesitate
- arhasi
- you deserve
- dharmyāt
- for religious principles
- hi
- indeed
- yuddhāt
- than fighting
- śreyaḥ
- better engagement
- anyat
- any other
- kṣatriyasya
- of the kṣatriya
- na
- does not
- vidyate
- exist
Considering your specific duty as a kṣatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation.