Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 35

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 35

    एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite

    Translation

    I would not slay them, even if they might slay me, for the sovereignty of the three worlds—how much less for this earth, O Krsna?
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