Chapter 18, Slok 43
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 18.43
Original Verse
zauryaM tejo dhRtirdAkSyaM yuddhe cApyapalAyanam | dAnamIzvarabhAvazca kSAtraM karma svabhAvajam ||18-43||
Transliteration
śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam . dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam ||18-43||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
18.43 Valour, invincibility, steadiness, adroitness and non-fleeing in battle, generosity and lordliness are the duties of a Ksatriya born of his inherent nature.