Bhagavad Gita 1.35
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।
etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| etān | etān | these |
| na | na | not |
| hantum | hantum | to slay |
| ichchhāmi | ichchhāmi | I wish |
| ghnataḥ | ghnataḥ | killed |
| api | api | even though |
| madhusūdana | madhusūdana | Shree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu |
| api | api | even though |
| trai-lokya-rājyasya | trai-lokya-rājyasya | dominion over three worlds |
| hetoḥ | hetoḥ | for the sake of |
| kim nu | kim nu | what to speak of |
| mahī-kṛite | mahī-kṛite | for the earth |
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."
हे मधुसूदन ! इनके मुझे मारने पर अथवा त्रैलोक्य के राज्य के लिये भी मैं इनको मारना नहीं चाहता, फिर पृथ्वी के लिए कहना ही क्या है।