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2.32Krishna
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यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥

yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāram apāvṛtam |sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam ||

यदृच्छया · yadṛcchayā
by chance, unsought
· ca
and
उपपन्नम् · upapannam
presented, come about
स्वर्गद्वारम् · svargadvāram
the gate of heaven
अपावृतम् · apāvṛtam
thrown open
सुखिनः · sukhinaḥ
fortunate, blessed
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)