Verset 2.38

सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥

2.38

Translittération

sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau |

tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpamavāpsyasi ||

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Traduction

Having made pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat the same, engage thou in battle for the sake of battle; thus thou shalt not incur sin.

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Mot à mot

pleasure and pain
alike
treating
gain and loss
victory and defeat

then
for battle
engage
not
thus
sin
will incur

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

This verse is a hinge in the chapter. Krishna asks Arjuna to treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as equal, and only then to engage in battle. Acting in this way, he will not incur wrongdoing. Here the focus shifts from the results of fighting to the attitude of the one who fights. The idea of evenness (samatva), which becomes central to the Gita's teaching on yoga, appears for the first time as practical guidance.