स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि ।धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥२- ३१॥

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi ।dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo'nyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate ॥2- 31॥

स्वधर्मम svadharmam (m. acc. sg.), = own duty, here "own caste duty" as a ksatriya, or warrior.;अपि  api च ca, = even though, although, just.; अवेक्ष्य aveksya (gerund ava *rk), = looking at, perceiving, beholding.; न na, = not.; विकम्पितुम vikampitum (infinitive vi *kamp), = to tremble, to waver.; अर्हसि arhasi (2nd sg. pr. indie. act. *arh) , = thou shouldst, thou art obliged, thou art able. धर्म्याद् dharmyat (n. abl. sg.), = than righteous, than lawful.; धी dhi = hi, indeed, truly.; युद्धात yuddhat (n. abl. sg.), = than battle, from fighting.; *** sreyas (comparative), = better, preferable.; ऽन्यतात anyat (n. n. s.), = other.; त्क्षत्रियस्य ksatriyasya (m. gen. sg.), = of the ksatriya, of the warrior, of the member of the warrior caste.; न na, = not.; विद्यते vidyate (3rd sg. pr. indic. pass. *vid), = it is found.