सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ | ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ||२-३८||
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau . tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpamavāpsyasi ||2-38||
- sukha
- happiness
- duḥkhe
- and distress
- same
- in equanimity
- kṛtvā
- doing so
- lābha-alābhau
- both profit and loss
- jaya-ajayau
- both victory and defeat
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- yuddhāya
- for the sake of fighting
- yujyasva
- engage (fight)
- na
- never
- evam
- in this way
- pāpam
- sinful reaction
- avāpsyasi
- you will gain
Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat – and by so doing you shall never incur sin.