1.31 न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे। न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च
na ca śrey
Word meanings
na—not;cha—also;śhreyaḥ—good;anupaśhyāmi—I foresee;hatvā—from killing;sva-janam—kinsmen;āhave—in battle
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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I do not foresee any good in killing my own kinsmen in the battle. O Krsna! I neither wish for victory, nor kingdom, nor the pleasures thereof.
What good can come from the slaughter of my people on this battlefield? Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure.
I see, Krsna, inauspicious omens. I foresee no good in killing my kinsmen in the fight.
Besides, I do not see any good (to be derived) from killing my own people in battle. O Krishna, I do not hanker after victory, nor even a kingdom nor pleasures.
And I see adverse omens, O Kesava! I do not see any good in killing my kinsmen in battle.
1.33 येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च। त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च
yeṣām
Word meanings
yeṣhām—for whose;arthe—sake;kāṅkṣhitam—coveted for;naḥ—by us;rājyam—kingdom;bhogāḥ—pleasures;sukhāni—happiness;cha—also;te—they;ime—these;avasthitāḥ—situated;yuddhe—for battle;prāṇān—lives;tyaktvā—giving up;dhanāni—wealth;cha—also
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For whose sake we seek kingdom, its pleasures and happiness, the very same persons now stand arrayed to fight, giving up their lives and wealth.
When those for whose sake I desire these things stand here about to sacrifice their property and their lives:
Those for whose sake we do desire empire, enjoyment and pleasures, stand here in war renouncing life and wealth----
Those for whom kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures are desired by us, those very ones stand arrayed for battle risking their lives and wealth.
Those for whose sake we desire kingdoms, enjoyments and pleasures, stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth.
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.32 किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा
Word meanings
kim—what;naḥ—to us;rājyena—by kingdom;govinda—Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows;kim—what?;bhogaiḥ—pleasures;jīvitena—life;vā—or
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Govinda! What use is the kingdom to us? What use are its pleasures and life even?
What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me,
I desire no victory, nor empire, nor pleasures. What have we to do with empire, O Krsna, or enjoyment or even life ?
O Govinda! What need do we have of a kingdom, or what (need) of enjoyments and livelihood?
For I desire neither victory, O Krishna, nor pleasures nor kingdoms! Of what avail is a dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?
