सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau |tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpam avāpsyasi ||
- सुखदुःखे · sukhaduḥkhe
- pleasure and pain
- समे · same
- the same, equal
- कृत्वा · kṛtvā
- having made
- लाभालाभौ · lābhālābhau
- gain and loss
- जयाजयौ · jayājayau
- victory and defeat
- ततः · tataḥ
- then
- युद्धाय · yuddhāya
- for battle
- युज्यस्व · yujyasva
- gird yourself, engage
- न · na
- not
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- पापम् · pāpam
- sin
- अवाप्स्यसि · avāpsyasi
- you will incur
“Holding pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as the same — then gird yourself for battle. Thus you will incur no sin.”
— Original plain-language translation
The hinge of the chapter: equanimity (samatva) named as the condition that dissolves sin. Arjuna feared blood-guilt (1.36); Krishna answers that guilt attaches not to acts but to the grasping mind behind them. Karma-yoga proper begins here.
— Reader's notes (original)