Bhagavad Gita · 1.32
॥
Devanāgarī
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca |
kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
नnanot.
काङ्क्षेkāṅkṣeI desire, I crave, I long for.
विजयम्vijayamvictory.
कृष्णkṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa!
नnanor.
चcaand.
राज्यम्rājyamkingdom.
सुखानिsukhānipleasures, joys, happiness.
चcaand.
किम्kimwhat use, what to us, why.
नःnaḥto us.
राज्येनrājyenafrom a kingdom.
गोविन्दgovindaO Govinda! (a name of Kṛṣṇa, “one who gives delight to the cows, the earth, and the senses”).
किम्kimwhat use, why.
भोगैःbhogaiḥfrom enjoyments.
जीवितेनjīvitenafrom life.
वाvāeven, or.
Translation
“O Kṛṣṇa, I desire neither victory, nor kingdom, nor the pleasures that come with them! What use is a kingdom to us, O Govinda? What use are enjoyments, or even life itself?”
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