Shloka 59
भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation
उपर्युक्त प्रकारसे मुझमें चित्तवाला होकर तू मेरी कृपासे समस्त संकटोंको अनायास ही पार कर जायगाः और यदि अहंकारके कारण मेरे वचनोंको न सुनेगा तो नष्ट हो जायगा अर्थात् परमार्थसे भ्रष्ट हो जायगा5 ।।
yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase | mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati ||
यदि तू अहंकार का आश्रय लेकर यह मानता है कि “मैं युद्ध नहीं करूँगा”, तो तेरा यह निश्चय मिथ्या है; क्योंकि तेरा स्वभाव तुझे कर्म में—युद्ध में—नियुक्त कर देगा।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ego-based refusal of rightful duty is ultimately ineffective; one’s own nature (prakṛti) and ingrained disposition will drive one into action anyway. True ethical clarity lies in aligning will with dharma rather than resisting it out of self-conceit.
In the battlefield counsel to Arjuna, the speaker warns that Arjuna’s thought—“I will not fight”—arising from ego and personal preference, cannot stand against his warrior nature and obligations; his disposition will compel him toward the battle.