एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन | अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ||१-३५||
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana . api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte ||1-35||
- etān
- all these
- na
- never
- hantum
- to kill
- icchāmi
- do I wish
- ghnataḥ
- being killed
- api
- even
- madhusūdana
- O killer of the demon Madhu (Kṛṣṇa)
- api
- even if
- trai-lokya
- of the three worlds
- rājyasya
- for the kingdom
- hetoḥ
- in exchange
- kim nu
- what to speak of
- mahī-kṛte
- for the sake of the earth
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?