BG 2.3
Bhagavad Gītā · Sāṅkhya YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते | क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ||२-३||
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate . kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||2-3||
Linguistic facts
Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
16 words analyzed
- क्लैब्यम्klaibyam← क्लैब्यnominal · nominative singular neuter
- माmā← माnominal · vocative singular neuter
- स्मsma← स्मindeclinable
- गमस्gamas← गम्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- पार्थpārtha← पार्थnominal · vocative singular masculine
- नna← नnominal · vocative singular neuter
- ऐत्ait← इverb · imperfect third singular active (√i)
- अत्तुattu← अद्verb · imperative third singular active (√ad)
- अयिayi← एnominal · locative singular masculine
- उपपद्यतेupapadyate← उपपद्verb · present third singular active (√upapad)
- क्षुत्kṣut← क्षुnominal · nominative singular masculine
- रम्ram← रnominal · accusative singular masculine
- हृदयदौर्बल्यम्hṛdayadaurbalyam← हृदयदौर्बल्यnominal · nominative singular neuter
- त्यक्त्वाtyaktvā← त्यज्indeclinable
- उत्तिष्ठuttiṣṭha← उत्थाverb · imperative second singular active (√utthā)
- परन्तपparantapa← परंतपnominal · vocative singular neuter
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
2.3 Yield not to impotence, O Arjuna, son of Pritha. It does not befit thee. Cast off this mean weakness of the heart! Stand up, O scorcher of the foes!
source ↗8 more attributed translations
O son of Pṛthā, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy.
2.3. Stoop not to unmanliness, O son of Kunti ! It does not befit you. Shirking off the petty weakness of heart, arise, O scorcher of the foes !
2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!
2.3 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
2.1 - 2.3 Sanjaya said - Lord said When Arjuna thus sat, the Lord, opposing his action, said: 'What is the reason for your misplaced grief? Arise for battle, abandoning this grief, which has arisen in a critical situation, which can come only in men of wrong understanding, which is an obstacle for reaching heaven, which does not confer fame on you, which is very mean, and which is caused by faint-heartedness.
2.3 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
2.3 Yield not to unmanliness, O Arjuna, it does not become you. Shake off this base faint-heartedness and arise, O scorcher of foes!
2.3 O Partha, yield not to unmanliness. This does not befit you. O scorcher of foes, arise, giving up the petty weakness of the heart.
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