Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 46

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 46

    यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।1.46।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet

    Translation

    If the well-armed sons of Dhrtarastra should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.
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