Verse

BG.1.35

अर्जुनविषादयोग

Chapter 1: The War Within

arjunaviṣādayoga

Verses

1.35 एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते

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Word meanings

etānthese;nanot;hantumto slay;ichchhāmiI wish;ghnataḥkilled;apieven though;madhusūdanaShree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu;apieven though;trai-lokya-rājyasyadominion over three worlds;hetoḥfor the sake of;kim nuwhat to speak of;mahī-kṛitefor the earth

Verse audio

Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati

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Translation stream

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O slayer of Mandhu (Krsna)! I do not desire to slay these men, even though they slay me, not even for the sake of the kingdom of the three worlds, let alone for the sake of the earth.

Shri Purohit Swami

I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed.

Swami Adidevananda

These I would not slay, though they might slay me, even for the sovereignty of the three worlds - how much less for this earth O Krsna?

Swami Gambirananda

O Madhusudan, even if I am killed, I do not want to kill these even for the sake of a kingdom extending over the three worlds; what to speak of doing so for the earth!

Swami Sivananda

These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, O Krishna, even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds, leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth!