BG 18.60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥
svabhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā
kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo ’pi tat
kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo ’pi tat
Word-for-word meanings
kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; yat — what; mohāt — out of delusion; na icchasi — you do not wish; kartum — to perform; tat — that; kariṣyasi — you will perform; avaśaḥ — helplessly; api — in any case; nibaddhaḥ — being bound; svena — by your own; karmaṇā — actions; svabhāva-jena — born of your acquired nature.
Translation
O son of Kuntī, what, out of delusion, you do not wish to perform, you will perform helplessly in any case, being bound by your own actions born of your acquired nature.