Chapter 18 Verse 60 of 78

• svabhāva-jena kaunteya
• nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā
• kartuḿ necchasi yan mohāt
• kariṣyasy avaśo 'pi tat

Translation

Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by the work born of your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kuntī.

Synonyms

• jena

  born of your own nature

• kaunteya

  O son of Kunti

• nibaddhaḥ

  conditioned

• svena

  by your own

• karmaṇā

  activities

• kartum

  to do

• na

  not

• icchasi

  you like

• yat

  that which

• mohāt

  by illusion

• kariṣyasi

  you will do

• avaśaḥ

  involuntarily

• api

  even

• tat

  that.

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