यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः | धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ||१-४६||
yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ . dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet ||1-46||
- yadi
- even if
- mām
- me
- apratīkāram
- without being resistant
- aśastram
- without being fully equipped
- śastra-pāṇayaḥ
- those with weapons in hand
- dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
- the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- raṇe
- on the battlefield
- hanyuḥ
- may kill
- tat
- that
- me
- for me
- kṣema-taram
- better
- bhavet
- would be
Better for me if the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, weapons in hand, were to kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.