अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥२- ३३॥

atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi ।tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi ॥2- 33॥

अथ atha, = now, then.; चेत्त् ced, = if.; tvam (nom. sg.), = thou.; इममं imam (m. acc. sg.), = this.; धर्म्यं dharmyam (m. acc. sg.), = proper, lawful, dutiful.; संग्रामं samgramam (m. acc. sg.), = assembly, army, combat, fight, engagement.; न na, = not.; करिष्यसि kariṣyasi (2nd sg. fut. act . .*kr:), = thou shalt undertake, thou shalt do, make, etc.; ततः tatas, then, thereupon.; svadharmam (m. acc. sg.), = own duty.;  कीर्तिं kirtim (f. acc. sg.), = glory, fame.; च ca, = and.; हित्वा hitva (gerund .*ha), = having avoided, having left.; पापम papam (n. acc. sg.), = evil, sin.; अवाप्स्यसि avapsyasi (2nd sg. fut. act. ava .*ap), = thou shalt attain, thou shalt incur.