1.35 एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते
etān
Word meanings
etān—these;na—not;hantum—to slay;ichchhāmi—I wish;ghnataḥ—killed;api—even though;madhusūdana—Shree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu;api—even though;trai-lokya-rājyasya—dominion over three worlds;hetoḥ—for the sake of;kim nu—what to speak of;mahī-kṛite—for the earth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed.
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?
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!
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!
1.37 तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव
tasmā
Word meanings
tasmāt—hence;na—never;arhāḥ—behoove;vayam—we;hantum—to kill;dhārtarāṣhṭrān—the sons of Dhritarashtra;sva-bāndhavān—along with friends;sva-janam—kinsmen;hi—certainly;katham—how;hatvā—by killing;sukhinaḥ—happy;syāma—will we become;mādhava—Shree Krishna, the husband of Yogmaya
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, we should not slay Dhrtarastra's sons, our own relatives. How could we be truly happy, O Madhava, after slaying our own kinsmen?
We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?
Therefore, it is not befitting that we slay our kin, the sons of Dhrtarastra. For if we kill our kinsmen, O Krsna, how indeed can we be happy?
Therefore, it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dhritarashtra who are our own relatives. For, O Madhava, how can we be happy by killing our kinsmen?
Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for, how can we be happy by killing our own people, O Madhava (Krishna)?
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.36 निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः
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Word meanings
nihatya—by killing;dhārtarāṣhṭrān—the sons of Dhritarashtra;naḥ—our;kā—what;prītiḥ—pleasure;syāt—will there be;janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna;pāpam—vices;eva—certainly;āśhrayet—must come upon;asmān—us;hatvā—by killing;etān—all these;ātatāyinaḥ—aggressors
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What joy would we gain by slaying Dhrtarastra's sons, O Janardana? Nothing but sin would take hold of us by slaying these desperadoes.
My Lord! What happiness can come from the death of these sons of Dhritarashtra? We shall sin if we kill these desperate men.
If we kill the sons of Dhrtarastra, what joy will be ours, O Krsna? Sin alone will accrue to us if we kill these murderous felons.
O Janardana, what happiness shall we derive by killing the sons of Dhritarashtra? Sin alone will accrue to us by killing these felons.
By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure can be ours, O Janardana? Only sin will accrue by killing these felons.
