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Arjuna-vishada-yoga (The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency)1.34-35
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Bhagavad Gita · 1.34-35
॥
Devanāgarī

आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।
मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ।
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ |
mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā ||
etān na hantum icchāmi ghnato 'pi madhusūdana |
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
आचार्याःācāryāḥteachers.
पितरःpitaraḥfathers (uncles).
पुत्राःputrāḥsons.
तथा एव चtathā eva caand also.
पितामहाःpitāmahāḥgrandsires.
मातुलाःmātulāḥmaternal uncles.
श्वशुराःśvaśurāḥfathers-in-law.
पौत्राःpautrāḥgrandsons.
श्यालाःśyālāḥbrothers-in-law (the wife’s brothers).
सम्बन्धिनःsambandhinaḥkinsmen, relatives.
तथाtathāalso.
एतान्etānthem.
नnanot.
हन्तुम्hantumto slay.
इच्छामिicchāmiI wish, I desire.
घ्नतः अपिghnataḥ apieven if they slay [me].
मधुसूदनmadhusūdanaO Madhusūdana! (slayer of the demon Madhu).
अपिapieven.
त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्यtrailokya-rājyasyaof the kingdom of the three worlds (earth, heaven, and the lower regions).
हेतोःhetoḥfor the sake of, for.
किम् नुkim nulet alone, to say nothing of.
महीकृतेmahī-kṛtefor dominion over the earth.
Translation

“Teachers, uncles, sons, and also grandsires, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other kinsmen... (34) I do not wish to slay them, O Madhusūdana, even if they should slay me! Let alone for a mere earthly kingdom — I am not willing to do this even for dominion over all three worlds! (35)”

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