Bhagavad Gita 2.3
Chapter 2, verse 3
Meaning
Krishna goes on: Pārtha, do not give way to this collapse of nerve; it does not fit who you are. Shake off this small weakness of the heart and stand up, you who burn up your foes.
The Sanskrit
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥ ३ ॥
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate
kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha paraṃtapa
Say it
klai-byum maa smuh guh-muh paar-thuh nai-tut tvuh-yy oo-puh-pud-yuh-tay
kshoo-drum hri-duh-yuh-dour-buh-lyum tyuk-tvot-tish-thuh puh-run-tuh-puh
Word by word
- klaibyam
- impotence / unmanliness / collapse of resolve
- mā sma gamaḥ
- do not yield / do not go toward
- pārtha
- O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā / Kuntī)
- na etat tvayi upapadyate
- this does not become you / does not fit you
- kṣudram
- petty / mean
- hṛdaya-daurbalyam
- weakness of heart
- tyaktvā
- having cast off / abandoned
- uttiṣṭha
- stand up
- paraṃtapa
- O scorcher of foes
Read it in context: verses 2.1–4Krishna speaks: stand upWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Name the collapse, then name the real obstacle
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.3 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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