अर्जुन उवाच
2.4 कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन। इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन
arjuna uvāca
kathaṃ bhīṣmam
Word meanings
katham—how;bhīṣhmam—Bheeshma;aham—I;sankhye—in battle;droṇam—Dronacharya;cha—and;madhu-sūdana—Shree Krishn, slayer of the Madhu demon;iṣhubhiḥ—with arrows;pratiyotsyāmi—shall I shoot;pūjā-arhau—worthy of worship;ari-sūdana—destroyer of enemies
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Arjuna said, "How can I fight in battle with arrows against Bhisma and Drona, both of whom are worthy of reverence? O slayer of Mandhu, O slayer of foes!"
Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?
Arjuna said How can I, O slayer of foes, aim arrows in battle against Bhisma and Drona who are worthy of reverence?
O Madhusudan, O destroyer of enemies, how can I fight with arrows in battle against Bhishma and Drona who are worthy of adoration?
How, O Madhusudana, shall I fight in battle with arrows against Bhishma and Drona, who are fit to be worshipped, O destroyer of enemies?
2.6 न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः। यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः
na ca
Word meanings
na—not;cha—and;etat—this;vidmaḥ—we know;katarat—which;naḥ—for us;garīyaḥ—is preferable;yat vā—whether;jayema—we may conquer;yadi—if;vā—or;naḥ—us;jayeyuḥ—they may conquer;yān—whom;eva—certainly;hatvā—after killing;na—not;jijīviṣhāmaḥ—we desire to live;te—they;avasthitāḥ—are standing;pramukhe—before us;dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ—the sons of Dhritarashtra
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whether we should conquer in the battle, or they should conquer us—we do not know which is better for us. For, having killed whom, we would not wish to live at all, the same persons stand before us as Dhrtarastra's men.
Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, since would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, now preparing for fight.
We do not know, which of the two is better for us - whether our vanishing them, or their vanishing us. The very sons of Dhrtarastra, whom, if we slay, we should not wish to live, even they are standing in array against us.
We do not know this as well as to which is the better for us, (and) whether we shall win, or whether they shall conquer us. Those very sons of Dhritarashtra, by killing whom we do not wish to live, stand in confrontation.
I can hardly tell which will be better: that we should conquer them or they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, after slaying whom we do not wish to live, stand facing us.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.5 गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके। हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्
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Word meanings
gurūn—teachers;ahatvā—not killing;hi—certainly;mahā-anubhāvān—noble elders;śhreyaḥ—better;bhoktum—to enjoy life;bhaikṣhyam—by begging;api—even;iha loke—in this world;hatvā—killing;artha—gain;kāmān—desiring;tu—but;gurūn—noble elders;iha—in this world;eva—certainly;bhuñjīya—enjoy;bhogān—pleasures;rudhira—blood;pradigdhān—tainted with
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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It is indeed good to go about begging in this world without killing the elders of great dignity; however, I would not enjoy, with greed for wealth, the blood-stained objects of pleasure by killing my elders.
Rather would I content myself with a beggar's crust that kill these teachers of mine, these precious noble souls! To slay these masters who are my benefactors would be to stain the sweetness of life's pleasures with their blood.
It is better even to live on a beggar's fare in this world than to slay these most venerable teachers. If I should slay my teachers, though degraded they be by desire for wealth, I would be enjoying only blood-stained pleasures here.
Rather than killing the noble-minded elders, it is better in this world to live even on alms. But by killing the elders, we shall only be enjoying here the pleasures of wealth and desirable things drenched in blood.
Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I kill them, even in this world all my enjoyments of wealth and desires will be stained with (their) blood.
