Chapter 2

Verse 2

Bhagavad Gita

श्रीभगवानुवाच |
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् |
अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन ||२-२||
Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca .
kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam .
anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna ||2-2||
English Meaning

2.2 "The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness which does no credit to those who call themselves Aryans, and only brings them infamy and bars against them the gates of heaven?