Bhagavad Gita 1.32
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।
na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| na | na | nor |
| kāṅkṣhe | kāṅkṣhe | do I desire |
| vijayam | vijayam | victory |
| kṛiṣhṇa | kṛiṣhṇa | Krishna |
| na | na | nor |
| cha | cha | as well |
| rājyam | rājyam | kingdom |
| sukhāni | sukhāni | happiness |
| cha | cha | also |
| kim | kim | what |
| naḥ | naḥ | to us |
| rājyena | rājyena | by kingdom |
| govinda | govinda | Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows |
| kim | kim | what? |
| bhogaiḥ | bhogaiḥ | pleasures |
| jīvitena | jīvitena | life |
| vā | vā | or |
I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?
हे कृष्ण ! मैं न विजय चाहता हूँ, न राज्य और न सुखों को ही चाहता हूँ। हे गोविन्द ! हमें राज्य से अथवा भोगों से और जीने से भी क्या प्रयोजन है?।