BG 2.3

क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥
klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate
kṣudraṁ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa

Word-for-word meanings

mā sma — do not;  gamaḥ — go to [i.e., yield to];  klaibyam — impotency;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā, Arjuna;  etat — this;  na upapadyate — is not befitting;  tvayi — for you;  tyaktvā — cast away;  kṣudram — [this] petty;  daurbalyam — weakness;  hṛdaya — of heart;  parantapa — O scorcher of the enemies [Arjuna];  uttiṣṭha — [and] arise [for battle].

Translation

Yield not to impotency, O Pārtha (Arjuna), it does not behoove you. Cast away this petty weak-heartedness, O scorcher of enemies (Parantapa), and arise for battle.

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