न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च | किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ||१-३२||
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca . kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā ||1-32||
- na
- nor
- kāṅkṣe
- do I desire
- vijayam
- victory
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- rājyam
- kingdom
- sukhāni
- happiness thereof
- ca
- also
- kim
- what use
- naḥ
- to us
- rājyena
- is the kingdom
- govinda
- O Kṛṣṇa
- kim
- what
- bhogaiḥ
- enjoyment
- jīvitena
- living
- vā
- either
O Govinda, of what avail to us are a kingdom, happiness or even life itself when all those for whom we may desire them are now arrayed on this battlefield? O Madhusūdana, when teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties and are standing before me, why should I wish to kill them, even though they might otherwise kill me? O maintainer of all living entities, I am not prepared to fight with them even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth. What pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra?