Bhagavad Gita 2.37
Chapter 2, verse 37
Meaning
Fall, and you reach heaven; win, and you enjoy the earth. Either way the outcome is not a loss, so stand up, son of Kuntī, with your mind made up to fight.
The Sanskrit
हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम् ।
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः ॥ ३७ ॥
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ
Say it
huh-to vaa praap-syuh-si svur-gum ji-tvaa vaa bhok-shyuh-say muh-heem
tuss-maa-doot-tish-thuh koun-tay-yuh yood-dhaa-yuh kri-tuh-nish-chuh-yuh
Word by word
- hataḥ vā
- either, if slain
- prāpsyasi svargam
- you will reach heaven
- jitvā vā
- or, if victorious
- bhokṣyase mahīm
- you will enjoy the earth
- tasmāt uttiṣṭha
- therefore stand up
- kaunteya
- son of Kuntī (Arjuna)
- yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ
- resolved to fight
Read it in context: verses 2.37–40Even mind, then actWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Effort that is never wasted
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.37 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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