Word meanings
- na
- not
- ca
- 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
- jijīviṣāmaḥ
- we desire to live
- te
- they
- avasthitāḥ
- are standing
- pramukhe
- before us
- dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
- the sons of Dhritarashtra
Translations
I can hardly tell which would be better, that we should conquer them or that they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, whom we do not wish to slay, stand facing us.
Nor can I say whether it would be better for them to conquer me or for me to conquer them, since I would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, who are now preparing for battle.
We do not know which is better for us, whether we shall win or they shall conquer us. Those very sons of Dhrtarastra, whom we do not wish to kill, stand in confrontation.
हम यह भी नहीं जानते कि हमलोगोंके लिये युद्ध करना और न करना - इन दोनोंमेंसे कौन-सा अत्यन्त श्रेष्ठ है; और हमें इसका भी पता नहीं है कि हम उन्हें जीतेंगे अथवा वे हमें जीतेंगे। जिनको मारकर हम जीना भी नहीं चाहते, वे ही धृतराष्ट्रके सम्बन्धी हमारे सामने खड़े हैं।