🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 2.37

Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga · "The Yoga of Knowledge" · Verse 37 of 72

हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।।2.37।।
— Bhagavad-Gītā 2.37 · Devanāgarī root text

🪷 English Translations

5 received English translations are available for this śloka. Each voice is labelled; no single rendering is presented as the Sanskrit itself.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 edition attribution in the received data
2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore arise, O Son of Kunti, and fight!
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
2.37 Slain, thou wilt obtain heaven; victorious, thou wilt enjoy the earth; therefore, stand up, O son of Kunti, resolved to fight.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
2.37 Again, by undertaking the fight with Karna and others, va, either; hatah, by being killed; prapsyasi, you will attain; svargam, heaven; or jitva, by winning over Karna and other heroes; bhoksyase, you will enjoy; mahim, the earth. The purport is that in either case you surely stand to gain. Since this is so, Kaunteya, O son of Kunti; tasmat, therefore; uttistha, rise up; krta-niscayah, with determination; yuddhaya, for fighting, i.e. with the determination, 'I shall either defeat the enemies or shall die.'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
2.37 If you are slain in a righteous war by enemies, you shall thery attain supreme bliss. Or, slaying the enemies, you shall enjoy this kingdom without obstacles. As the duty called war, when done without attachment to the fruits, becomes the means for winning supreme bliss, you will attain that supreme bliss. Therefore, arise, assured that engagement in war (here the duty) is the means for attaining release, which is known as man's supreme goal. This alone is suitable for you, the son of Kunti. This is the purport. Sri Krsna then explains to the aspirant for liberation how to conduct oneself in war.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
2.37. If you are slain you shall attain heaven; or if you coner, you shall enjoy the earth. Therefore, O son of Kunti ! stand up with resolution made in favour of [fighting] the battle.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

Received Hindi rendering attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi rendering · source-data attribution
।।2.37।। अगर युद्धमें तू मारा जायगा तो तुझे स्वर्गकी प्राप्ति होगी और अगर युद्धमें तू जीत जायगा तो पृथ्वीका राज्य भोगेगा। अतः हे कुन्तीनन्दन! तू युद्धके लिये निश्चय करके खड़ा हो जा।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
2.37 हतः slain? वा or? प्राप्स्यसि (thou) wilt obtain? स्वर्गम् heaven? जित्वा having conered? वा or? भोक्ष्यसे (thou) wilt enjoy? महीम् the earth? तस्मात् therefore? उत्तिष्ठ stand up? कौन्तेय O son of Kunti? युद्धाय for fight? कृतनिश्चयः resolved.Commentary In either case you will be benefited. Therefore? stand up with the firm resolution I will coner the enemy or die.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
2.37 Again, by undertaking the fight with Karna and others, va, either; hatah, by being killed; prapsyasi, you will attain; svargam, heaven; or jitva, by winning over Karna and other heroes; bhoksyase, you will enjoy; mahim, the earth. The purport is that in either case you surely stand to gain. Since this is so, Kaunteya, O son of Kunti; tasmat, therefore; uttistha, rise up; krta-niscayah, with determination; yuddhaya, for fighting, i.e. with the determination, 'I shall either defeat the enemies or shall die.'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
2.37 If you are slain in a righteous war by enemies, you shall thery attain supreme bliss. Or, slaying the enemies, you shall enjoy this kingdom without obstacles. As the duty called war, when done without attachment to the fruits, becomes the means for winning supreme bliss, you will attain that supreme bliss. Therefore, arise, assured that engagement in war (here the duty) is the means for attaining release, which is known as man's supreme goal. This alone is suitable for you, the son of Kunti. This is the purport. Sri Krsna then explains to the aspirant for liberation how to conduct oneself in war.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
2.33-37 Atha ca etc., upto krta-niscavah. Accepting what the opponent has stated, this pentad of verses is narrated as an argument : 'If your goodself prefers to abide by the generally accepted practice, even then this [fighting] must be undertaken necessarily'.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।2.37।। इस युद्ध में अर्जुन का पक्ष धर्म का होने से युद्ध करना उसके लिये सभी दृष्टियों से उचित था। युद्ध में मृत्यु होने पर उस वीर को स्वर्ग की प्राप्ति होगी और विजयी होने पर वह पृथ्वी का राज्य वैभव भोगेगा। मृत्योपरान्त धर्म के लिये युद्ध करने वाले पराक्रमी शूरवीर की भांति भी स्वर्ग का सुख भोगेगा। इसलिये अब तक जितने भी तर्क दिये गये हैं उन सबका निष्कर्ष इस वाक्य में है युद्ध का निश्चय कर तुम खड़े हो जाओ।जिस परिस्थिति विशेष में गीता का उपदेश दिया गया है उसके सन्दर्भ में युद्ध करने की सलाह न्यायोचित हैं परन्तु सामान्य परिस्थितियों में श्रीकृष्ण के इस दिव्य आह्वान का अर्थ होगा कि सभी प्रकार की मानसिक दुर्बलताओं को त्याग कर मनुष्य को अपने जीवन संघर्षों में आने वाली चुनौतियों का सामना साहस तथा दृढ़ता के साथ विजय के लिये करना चाहिये। इस प्रकार गीता का उपदेश किसी व्यक्ति विशेष के लिये न होकर सम्पूर्ण विश्व की मानव जाति के लिये उपयोगी और कल्याणकारी सिद्ध होगा।जिस भाव को हृदयस्थ करके युद्ध करना चाहिये उसे अब सुनो

🪷 Hindi Vyākhyā · हिन्दी व्याख्या

Received Hindi vyākhyā attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi vyākhyā · source-data attribution
2.37।। व्याख्या-- 'हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्'-- इसी अध्यायके छठे श्लोकमें अर्जुनने कहा था कि हमलोगोंको इसका भी पता नहीं है कि युद्धमें हम उनको जीतेंगे यह वे हमको जीतेंगे। अर्जुनके इस सन्देहको लेकर भगवान् यहाँ स्पष्ट कहते हैं कि अगर युद्धमें तुम कर्ण आदिके द्वारा मारे भी जाओगे तो स्वर्गको चले जाओगे और अगर युद्धमें तुम्हारी जीत हो जायगी तो यहां पृथ्वीका राज्य भोगोगे। इस तरह तुम्हारे तो दोनों ही हाथोंमें लड्डू हैं। तात्पर्य है कि युद्ध करनेसे तो तुम्हारा दोनों तरफ से लाभ-ही-लाभ है और युद्ध न करनेसे दोनों तरफसे हानि-ही-हानि है। अतः तुम्हें युद्धमें प्रवृत्त हो जाना चाहिये।

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