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
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: bound by your own action, born of your own nature, that which you do not wish to do, you shall do even helplessly, extending this same point about inevitability specifically to actions arising from your own natural temperament, not just external obligation.
In life: your own natural temperament and habitual patterns tend to express themselves regardless of your conscious preference, resisting your own nature outright is often less effective than learning to work skillfully with it.
Teaching: for an aspect of your own natural temperament you've been resisting or fighting against, consider whether working skillfully with it might actually be more effective than continuing to resist a pattern that keeps expressing itself regardless.