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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.32

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.32 · 2 · Verse 32

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।।2.32।। यदृच्छया च अप्रार्थिततया उपपन्नम् आगतं स्वर्गद्वारम् अपावृतम् उद्धाटितं ये एतत् ईदृशं युद्धं लभन्ते क्षत्रियाः हे पार्थ किं न सुखिनः ते एवं कर्तव्यताप्राप्तमपि

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2.32 Why, again, does that battle become a duty? This is being answered (as follows) [A specific rule is more authoritative than a general rule. Non-violence is a general rule enjoined by the scriptures, but the duty of fighting is a specific rule for a Ksatriya.]: Partha, O son of Partha; are not those Ksatiryas sukhinah, happy [Happy in this world as also in the other.] who labhante, come across; a yuddham, battle; idrsam, of this kind; upapannam, which presents itself; yadrcchaya, unsought for; and which is an apavrtam, open; svarga-dvaram, gate to heaven? [Rites and duties like sacrifices etc. yield their results after the lapse of some time. But the Ksatriyas go to heaven immediatley after dying in battle, because, unlike the minds of others, their minds remaind fully engaged in their immediate duty.]