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Verse 2·31

Fighting is your dharma as a warrior

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स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि ।धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत् क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasidharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo’nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate

Further, looking to thine own law of action thou shoulst not tremble; there is no greater good for the Kshatriya than righteous battle.

Gītā 2·31

Those who take up the inner and the outer struggle even to the most physical clash of all, that of war, are the Kshatriyas, the mighty men; war, force, nobility, courage are their nature; protection of the right and an unflinching acceptance of the gage of battle is their virtue and their duty.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 64

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