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Bhagavad Gita 1.46

यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yadiyadiif
māmmāmme
apratīkāramapratīkāramunresisting
aśhastramaśhastramunarmed
śhastra-pāṇayaḥśhastra-pāṇayaḥthose with weapons in hand
dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥdhārtarāṣhṭrāḥthe sons of Dhritarashtra
raṇeraṇeon the battlefield
hanyuḥhanyuḥshall kill
tattatthat
memeto me
kṣhema-taramkṣhema-tarambetter
bhavetbhavetwould be

If the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.

यदि मुझ शस्त्ररहित और प्रतिकार न करने वाले को ये शस्त्रधारी कौरव रण में मारें,  तो भी वह मेरे लिये कल्याणकारक होगा।