अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि | ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ||२-३३||
atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi . tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi ||2-33||
- atha
- therefore
- cet
- if
- tvam
- you
- imam
- this
- dharmyam
- as a religious duty
- saṅgrāmam
- fighting
- na
- do not
- kariṣyasi
- perform
- tataḥ
- then
- sva-dharmam
- your religious duty
- kīrtim
- reputation
- ca
- also
- hitvā
- losing
- pāpam
- sinful reaction
- avāpsyasi
- will gain
If, however, you do not perform your religious duty of fighting, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter.