Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 2.6

Sanskrit

न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः। यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।

na chaitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣhāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ

Meaning

Focus on your responsibilities rather than outcomes. Uncertainty about results shouldn't paralyze action; clarity about what's right does.

Translation

We do not know which is better for us, whether we shall win or they shall conquer us. Those very sons of Dhrtarastra, whom we do not wish to kill, stand in confrontation.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: