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svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā . kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat
俱胝子啊,你被自身「自性」(svabhāva)所生的「業」(karma)所束縛,即使你因迷惑(moha)而不願為之,你仍將無可奈何地去做那件事。
Being bound by your own duty born of nature, O son of Kunti, you, being helpless, will verily do that which you do not wish to do owing to indiscrimination.
此節經文闡明了「自性」與「業」的力量。阿周那作為一個戰士,其天生本性(svabhāva)和過去的「業」力將會束縛他,即使他因迷惑而抗拒,最終仍會被迫履行其職責。
Thou art endowed? O Arjuna? with martial alities? prowess? valour? skill? etc. Thou art? therefore? bound by these innate alities. Thou wilt be forced to fight by thy own nature. Nature will constrain thee to fight? much against thy will.