Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingTranslation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaEven considering your own duty, you should not waver, since there is nothing better for a Ksatriya than a righteous battle.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
और स्वधर्म को भी देखकर तुमको विचलित होना उचित नहीं है, क्योंकि धर्मयुक्त युद्ध से बढ़कर दूसरा कोई कल्याणकारक कर्त्तव्य क्षत्रिय के लिये नहीं है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from VaamshiiWord by word
padārthaMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnASvadharma is the duty one has chosen — for a living and to serve society, keeping individual and collective well-being in mind — following one's own inclination towards certain qualities. A Kṣatriya, in the varṇa scheme, is a description into which a person fits when he carries qualities such as patriotism, generosity, valour, physical endurance, courage, a sense of responsibility and rulership, justice, fraternity, and leadership (see 18.43). Such a person may instead take up some other profession demanding other qualities — and then he is not truly a Kṣatriya. But when one's nature (svabhāva) and one's work (dharma-karma) align, one is a real Kṣatriya. Arjuna is one.