2.33 Atha chettwam imam dharmyam

2.33 अथ चेत्त्वामिमं धर्म्य संग्रामं न करिष्यसि
ततः स्वधर्म कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि

2.33 Atha chettwam imam dharmyam samgraamam na karishyasi;
Tatah swadharmam keertim cha hitwaa paapam avaapsyasi.

अथ atha — therefore;
चेत् cet — if;
त्वम् tvam — you;
इमम् imam — this;
धर्म्याम् dharmyam — as a religious duty;
सन्ग्रामम् sangraamam — fighting;
न na — do not;
करिश्यसि karishyasi — perform;
ततः tatah — then;
स्व धर्मम् sva-dharmam — your religious duty;
कीर्तिम् keertim — reputation;
च ca — also;
हित्वा hitvaa — losing;
पापम् paapam — sinful reaction;
अवाप्यसि avaapsyasi — will gain.

Meaning: But, if thou wilt not fight in this righteous war, then, having abandoned thine duty and fame, thou shalt incur sin.

Society cannot be conducted nor can man live on transcendental knowledge alone!
A synthesis of high ideals and practical common sense is essential: this is achieved in our smrti or dharma sastra which are codes of morality and which, therefore, recognise the existence (relative and fleeting) of phenomena.
As we shall see, the Bhagavad Gita emphasises one’s adherence to one’s own dharma at all costs.
One cannot abandon his duty and turn his back to the ppl who are dependent on him. He cannot be a mute spectator when the dharma or righteousness is in danger by saying “All is God and is in God, so there is no good and no evil!”