BG 2.32

यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।
सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥
yadṛcchayā copapannaṁ svarga-dvāram apāvṛtam
sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā, Arjuna;  sukhinaḥ — happy;  kṣatriyāḥ — [are] the warriors;  labhante — who gain;  yuddham — [an opportunity for] battle;  īdṛśam — such as this;  upapannam — which has arisen;  yadṛcchayā — of its own accord [i.e., by good fortune];  ca — and;  apāvṛtam — [is an] open;  dvāram — gate;  svarga — to heaven.

Translation

O Arjuna, happy are those kṣatriyas who gain an opportunity for battle such as this. Having arisen of its own accord, such fortune is an open gate to heaven.

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