येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च | त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च ||१-३३||
yeṣāmarthe kāṅkṣitaṃ no rājyaṃ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca . ta ime.avasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṃstyaktvā dhanāni ca ||1-33||
- yeṣām
- of whom
- arthe
- for the sake
- kāṅkṣitam
- is desired
- naḥ
- by us
- rājyam
- kingdom
- bhogāḥ
- material enjoyment
- sukhāni
- all happiness
- ca
- also
- te
- all of them
- ime
- these
- avasthitāḥ
- situated
- yuddhe
- on this battlefield
- prāṇān
- lives
- tyaktvā
- giving up
- dhanāni
- riches
- ca
- also
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?