Word meanings
- etān
- these
- na
- not
- hantum
- to slay
- icchāmi
- 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-kṛte
- for the earth
Translations
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."
I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this earth alone? It matters not if I myself am killed.
O Madhusudana, even if I am killed, I do not want to kill these even for the sake of a kingdom extending across the three worlds; let alone doing so for the earth!
।।1.34 -- 1.35।। (टिप्पणी प0 24.1) आचार्य, पिता, पुत्र और उसी प्रकार पितामह, मामा, ससुर, पौत्र, साले तथा अन्य जितने भी सम्बन्धी हैं, मुझपर प्रहार करने पर भी मैं इनको मारना नहीं चाहता, और हे मधुसूदन! मुझे त्रिलोकी का राज्य मिलता हो, तो भी मैं इनको मारना नहीं चाहता, फिर पृथ्वीके लिये तो (मैं इनको मारूँ ही) क्या?