यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāram apāvṛtam |sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam ||
- यदृच्छया · yadṛcchayā
- by chance, unsought
- च · ca
- and
- उपपन्नम् · upapannam
- presented, come about
- स्वर्गद्वारम् · svargadvāram
- the gate of heaven
- अपावृतम् · apāvṛtam
- thrown open
- सुखिनः · sukhinaḥ
- fortunate, blessed
- क्षत्रियाः · kṣatriyāḥ
- warriors
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- लभन्ते · labhante
- obtain
- युद्धम् · yuddham
- battle
- ईदृशम् · īdṛśam
- such
“Fortunate are the warriors, O Partha, who find such a battle unsought — heaven's gate thrown open before them.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna reframes the war as gift rather than curse: a just fight that arrives uninvited is grace. The rhetoric is deliberate — Arjuna sees a trap, Krishna shows a door. Whether war can ever be grace is left for the reader's conscience.
— Reader's notes (original)