[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.33 · spoken by Krishna ]
Refusing this righteous war doesn't save you — it damns you.
But if you will not fight this righteous battle, then abandoning your duty and your glory, you will incur sin.
SANSKRIT
अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि । ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥२-३३॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Silence the call of duty, and sin fills the space it left behind. Do not choose this path.”
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