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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 42<\/a><\/p>\n Sauryam thEjO dhruthir dhAkshyam yudhdhE chApyapalAyanam |<\/em> Sauryam – valour which makes one enter into a battlefield fearlessly Valour which makes one enter into a battlefield fearlessly, being undefeatable, standing firm and completing the tasks which were commenced even when hurdles occur, ability to accomplish everything, not retracting from a battlefield even if death is assured, donating one’s belongings to others in charity, ability to control one’s citizens are the activities for kshathriya which are acquired by [birth based on] previous karma.<\/p>\n ‘Bravery, fire, constancy, adroitness, and not retreating in battle, benevolence, and the nature to rule; \u2014these are duties native to the Kshatriya.’<\/span><\/p>\n \u015aauryam<\/em> = Bravery = The intrepid plunging into conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n Tejas<\/em> = fire = The invincibility or irresistible front presented to others.<\/span><\/p>\n Dh\u1e5biti\u1e25<\/em> = Constancy = The perseverent carrying through any enterprize despite difficulties or hindrances.<\/span><\/p>\n D\u0101kshyam<\/em> = Adroitness = The ability in execution of all work.<\/span><\/p>\n Apal\u0101yanam<\/em> = Not running away from battle, albeit one is convinced of his death.<\/span><\/p>\n D\u0101nam<\/em> = Benevolence = The parting with one\u2019s own property for the benefit of others.<\/span><\/p>\n \u012a\u015bvarabh\u0101va<\/em> = Nature or capacity to govern others.<\/span><\/p>\n All these are duties proper to a Kshatriya.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 44<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 42 SlOkam \u2013 Original Sauryam thEjO dhruthir dhAkshyam yudhdhE chApyapalAyanam | dhAnam ISvarabhAvaS cha kshAthram karma svabhAvajam || word-by-word meaning Sauryam – valour which makes one enter into a battlefield fearlessly thEja: – being undefeatable dhruthi: – standing firm … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n dhAnam ISvarabhAvaS cha kshAthram karma svabhAvajam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nthEja: – being undefeatable
\ndhruthi: – standing firm and completing the tasks which were commenced even when hurdles occur
\ndhAkshyam – ability to accomplish everything
\nyudhdhE chApi apalAyanam – not retracting from a battlefield even if death is assured
\ndhAnam – donating one’s belongings to others in charity
\nISvara bhAva: cha – ability to control one’s citizens
\nsvabhAvajam – acquired by [birth based on] previous karma
\nkshAthram cha – activities for kshathriya<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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