क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate |kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||
- क्लैब्यम् · klaibyam
- unmanliness, impotence, cowardice
- मा स्म · mā sma
- do not
- गमः · gamaḥ
- yield to, give way to
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- न · na
- not
- एतत् · etat
- this
- त्वयि · tvayi
- in you
- उपपद्यते · upapadyate
- is befitting, worthy
- क्षुद्रम् · kṣudram
- petty, base, mean
- हृदयदौर्बल्यम् · hṛdayadaurbalyam
- weakness of heart
- त्यक्त्वा · tyaktvā
- having abandoned
- उत्तिष्ठ · uttiṣṭha
- stand up, arise
- परन्तप · parantapa
- O scorcher of foes (Arjuna)
“Yield not to unmanliness, O Partha — it does not befit you. Shake off this petty weakness of heart and arise, O scorcher of foes.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna fights shame with pride: he addresses Arjuna as 'scorcher of foes' while ordering him to stand. The language is deliberately martial and masculine — era-bound in tone, but its function is therapeutic: recall the man to himself.
— Reader's notes (original)