Bg. 2.37

हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम् ।
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः ॥३७॥

hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ
jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya
yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ

hataḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bighatah

being killed; being spoiled; curbed; destroyed; has been killed; killed; slain; struck; was killed; wounded by.—being killed; vāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigva

also; alternately; and; anything else; as also; as well as; certainly; either; either, or; even though; in all probability; indeed; is either; like this; more; nor; or (in the next life); or (used sarcastically); or; otherwise; rather; the need; then.—either; prāpsyasiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigprāpsyasi

you gain; you will get.—you gain; svargamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsvargam

attainment of the heavenly planets; heavenly planets; into outer space; the heavenly kingdom; the transcendental abode; to the heavenly planet; to the heavenly planets.—the heavenly kingdom; jitvāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjitvā

by conquering; conquering; defeating; gaining by victory; having conquered.—by conquering; vāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigva

also; alternately; and; anything else; as also; as well as; certainly; either; either, or; even though; in all probability; indeed; is either; like this; more; nor; or (in the next life); or (used sarcastically); or; otherwise; rather; the need; then.—or; bhokṣyaseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhokṣyase

you enjoy.—you enjoy; mahīmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmahim

the glories; the principle of matter.—the world; tasmātplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtasmāt

and above such worship of Lord Viṣṇu; and from Dharmaketu; because of being satisfied by things easily obtained; because of this; for this reason; from Aja; from Balasthala; from Barhi; from Devarāta; from Dhṛṣṭaketu; from Harita; from him (Akrodhana); from him (Bharuka); from him (Bṛhadratha); from him (Bṛhanmanā); from him (Dundubhi); from him (Durmada); from him (Haryaśva); from him (Kevala); from him (Khalapāna); from him (Khanitra); from him (King Pṛthuṣeṇa); from him (Mahasvān); from him (Manusyu); from him (Medhātithi); from him (Pariplava); from him (Pṛṣata); from him (Sudyu); from him (Udaksena); from him (Uśika); from him (Vidūratha); from him (Śuciratha); from him; from Kṛtirāta; from Kṣemādhi; from Kṣudraka; from Maru; from Mithila; from Prasenajit; from Pratīpaka; from Sañjaya; from Sindhudvīpa; from such a person; from Sumati; from that; from that fire; from that place; from the mouth of the crocodile; from the person named Devadatta; from there; from within the universe; on account of death; than him; the sphere of the seven stars; therefore (because I am the Supreme); therefore (because of being fully dependent on the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead); therefore; therefrom; thus.—therefore; uttiṣṭhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biguttiṣṭha

get up; kindly get up; please get up; stand up to fight.—get up; kaunteyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkaunteya

O son of Kuntī.—O son of Kuntī; yuddhāyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyuddhāya

for the sake of fighting; to fight.—to fight; kṛtaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkrta

accepted; accepted or assumed; activities; adjusting; already done; by accepting; completed; composed; determination; doing so; done; done by; excited; fixed; had been performed; having done; having made; having performed; made; making; manufactured into different forms; on which is created; performance of; performed; performing; placed; taken; undertaken; with Satya-yuga.—determination; niścayaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigniscayah

concluded; correct apprehension; definitely concluded; uncertainty.—uncertainty. ¶

O son of Kuntī, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom. Therefore get up and fight with determination. ¶

Even though there was no certainty of victory for Arjuna’s side, he still had to fight; for, even being killed there, he could be elevated into the heavenly planets. ¶