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Bhagavad Gita 2.5

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके। हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्।।

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śhreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣhyamapīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāṁstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
gurūngurūnteachers
ahatvāahatvānot killing
hihicertainly
mahā-anubhāvānmahā-anubhāvānnoble elders
śhreyaḥśhreyaḥbetter
bhoktumbhoktumto enjoy life
bhaikṣhyambhaikṣhyamby begging
apiapieven
iha lokeiha lokein this world
hatvāhatvākilling
arthaarthagain
kāmānkāmāndesiring
tutubut
gurūngurūnnoble elders
ihaihain this world
evaevacertainly
bhuñjīyabhuñjīyaenjoy
bhogānbhogānpleasures
rudhirarudhirablood
pradigdhānpradigdhāntainted with

Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I were to kill them, even in this world, all my enjoyments of wealth and fulfilled desires would be stained with their blood.

इन महानुभाव गुरुजनों को मारने से इस लोक में भिक्षा का अन्न भी ग्रहण करना अधिक कल्याण कारक है, क्योंकि गुरुजनों को मारकर मैं इस लोक में रक्तरंजित अर्थ और काम रूप भोगों को ही भोगूँगा।।