Bhagavad Gita 2.32यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥

yadṛichchhayā chopapannaṁ swarga-dvāram apāvṛitam

sukhinaḥ kṣhatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛiśham

Sanskrit recitation

Duty when you are afraid · 2.31–2.38 · Teaching

Translation

Happy are the Kshatriyas, O Arjuna! who are called to fight in such a battle that comes of its own accord as an open door to heaven.

अपने-आप प्राप्त हुआ युद्ध खुला हुआ स्वर्गका दरवाजा भी है। हे पृथानन्दन ! वे क्षत्रिय बड़े सुखी (भाग्यशाली) हैं, जिनको ऐसा युद्ध प्राप्त होता है।

The scriptures declare that if a Kshatriya dies for a righteous cause on the battlefield, he at once goes to heaven.

After Swami Sivananda

Duty when you are afraid· 2.31–2.38→

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