TEXT 60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय
निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन् मोहात्
करिष्यस्य् अवशो ऽपि तत् ॥ ६० ॥
svabhāva-jena kaunteya
nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā
kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt
kariṣyasy avaśo 'pi tat
SYNONYMS
svabhāva-jena—born of your own nature; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; nibaddhaḥ—conditioned; svena—by your own; karmaṇā—activities; kartum—to do; na—not; icchasi—you like; yat—that which; mohāt—by illusion; kariṣyasi—you will do; avaśaḥ—involuntarily; api—even; tat—that.
TRANSLATION
Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by the work born of your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kuntī.
PURPORT
If one refuses to act under the direction of the Supreme Lord, then he is compelled to act by the modes in which he is situated. Everyone is under the spell of a particular combination of the modes of nature and is acting in that way. But anyone who voluntarily engages himself under the direction of the Supreme Lord becomes glorious.
