Learn·Chapter 1 · The despondency of Arjuna·Verse 35 of 47
Bhagavad Gītā 1.35, word by word
BG 1.35
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते
etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite
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In English
I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this earth alone? It matters not if I myself am killed.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
These I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth."
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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