Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 60
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 60

स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्।।18.60।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.60 Being bound by your own duty born of nature, O son of Kunti, you, being helpless, will verily do that which you do not wish to do owing to indiscrimination.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
18.60 O Arjuna, bound by thy own Karma (action) born of thy own nature, that which from delusion thou wishest not to do, even that thou shalt do helplessly.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.60. O son of Kunti !  Being bound fully by your own  duty, born of your own nature, and also being [hence] not independent, you would perform what you do not wish to perform, because of your-delusion.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.60Swabhaavajena kaunteya nibaddhah swena karmanaa;
Kartum necchasi yanmohaat karishyasyavasho’pi tat.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.60swabhāva-jena—born of one’s own material nature; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; nibaddhaḥ—bound; svena—by your own; karmaṇā—actions; kartum—to do; na—not; ichchhasi—you wish; yat—which; mohāt—out of delusion; kariṣhyasi—you will do; avaśhaḥ—helplessly; api—even though; tat—that