Bhagavad Gita 2.6
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः। यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।
na chaitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣhāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| na | na | not |
| cha | cha | and |
| etat | etat | this |
| vidmaḥ | vidmaḥ | we know |
| katarat | katarat | which |
| naḥ | naḥ | for us |
| garīyaḥ | garīyaḥ | is preferable |
| yat vā | yat vā | whether |
| jayema | jayema | we may conquer |
| yadi | yadi | if |
| vā | vā | or |
| naḥ | naḥ | us |
| jayeyuḥ | jayeyuḥ | they may conquer |
| yān | yān | whom |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| hatvā | hatvā | after killing |
| na | na | not |
| jijīviṣhāmaḥ | jijīviṣhāmaḥ | we desire to live |
| te | te | they |
| avasthitāḥ | avasthitāḥ | are standing |
| pramukhe | pramukhe | before us |
| dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ | dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ | the sons of Dhritarashtra |
I can hardly tell which would be better, that we should conquer them or that they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, whom we do not wish to slay, stand facing us.
हम नहीं जानते कि हमें क्या करना उचित है। हम यह भी नहीं जानते कि हम जीतेंगे, या वे हमको जीतेंगे, जिनको मारकर हम जीवित नहीं रहना चाहते वे ही धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्र हमारे सामने युद्ध के लिए खड़े हैं।।