Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 32

यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्। सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्।।2.32।।

yadṛichchhayā chopapannaṁ swarga-dvāram apāvṛitam sukhinaḥ kṣhatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛiśham

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Word Meanings

yadṛichchhayā—unsought
cha—and
upapannam—come
swarga—celestial abodes
dvāram—door
apāvṛitam—wide open
sukhinaḥ—happy
kṣhatriyāḥ—warriors
pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha
labhante—obtain
yuddham—war
īdṛiśham—such
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Translation

Happy are the Kshatriyas, O Arjuna! who are called to fight in such a battle that comes of its own accord as an open door to heaven.

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Commentary

2.32 यदृच्छया of itself? च and? उपपन्नम् come? स्वर्गद्वारम् the gate of heaven? अपावृतम् opened? सुखिनः happy? क्षत्रियाः Kshatriyas? पार्थ O Partha? लभन्ते obtain? युद्धम् battle? ईदृशम् such.Commentary The scriptures declare that if a Kshatriya dies for a righteous cause on the battlefield? he at once goes to heaven.

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