Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.33
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.33 · 2 · Verse 33
Sanskrit Original
।।2.33।। अथ चेत् त्वम् इमं धर्म्यं धर्मादनपेतं विहितं संग्रामं युद्धं न करिष्यसि चेत् ततः तदकरणात् स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च महादेवादिसमागमनिमित्तां हित्वा केवलं पापम् अवाप्स्यसि।। न केवलं स्वधर्मकीर्तिपरित्यागः
2.33 Atha, on the other hand; cet, if; tvam, you; na karisyasi, will not fight; even imam, this; dharmyam, righteous; samgramam, battle, which has presented itself as a duty, which is not opposed to righteousness, and which is enjoined (by the scriptures); tatah, then, because of not undertaking that; hitva, forsaking; sva-dharmam, your own duty; ca, and; kritim, fame, earned from encountering Mahadeva (Lord Siva) and others; avapsyasi, you will incur; only papam, sin.