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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 60 (18.60) means: Bound by the work born of your own nature, Arjuna, what you now refuse out of confusion you will do anyway, helplessly.
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा।कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत्।।18.60।।
swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṁ nechchhasi yan mohāt kariṣhyasy avaśho ’pi tat
Bound by the work born of your own nature, Arjuna, what you now refuse out of confusion you will do anyway, helplessly.
अर्जुन, अपने ही स्वभाव से जन्मे कर्म से बँधे हुए, जो तुम अभी मोह के कारण नहीं करना चाहते, वही तुम विवश होकर कर डालोगे।
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It is verse 60 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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