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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 38 (2.38) means: Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as one and the same. Fight for its own sake, and no wrong will touch you.
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ। ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.38।।
sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi
Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as one and the same. Fight for its own sake, and no wrong will touch you.
सुख और दुःख, लाभ और हानि, जीत और हार को एक समान मानो। फिर बस युद्ध के लिए युद्ध करो, और कोई पाप तुम्हें नहीं छुएगा।
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It is verse 38 of Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 72 verses in total.
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