Bhagavad Gita 2.32
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् । सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svarga-dvāram apāvṛtam | sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam ||
Translation
O son of Pṛthā, fortunate are the Kshatriyas who obtain such a battle, an open door to heaven that comes unsought.
Reflection
What did your life put in front of you, unsought, that you have been refusing because it is hard?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Two
Yadṛcchayā. Come unsought. The verse names a kind of opportunity: the one that arrives on its own, that you did not maneuver into. Apāvṛtam, an open door. Krishna is not selling the war. He is pointing at a fact: the work that finds you, the right work, comes without your having to chase it down. Read out of context the verse can sound jingoistic; read in context it is a teaching about receiving the appointment that fits you, instead of refusing it because it is hard. The fortunate are the ones who do not have to engineer their own assignment.