Bhagavad Gita · 1.46
॥
Devanāgarī
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastrapāṇayaḥ |
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣemataraṁ bhavet ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यदिyadiif.
माम्māmme.
अप्रतीकारम्apratīkāramunresisting, not fighting back.
अशस्त्रम्aśastramunarmed.
शस्त्रपाणयःśastra-pāṇayaḥthose with weapons (śastra) in hand (pāṇi).
धार्तराष्ट्राःdhārtarāṣṭrāḥthe sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
रणेraṇein battle.
हन्युःhanyuḥshould slay.
तत्tatthat, this.
मेmefor me.
क्षेमतरम्kṣema-tarambetter, more auspicious, a greater blessing.
भवेत्bhavetwould be.
Translation
“If the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, weapons in hand, should slay me, unarmed and unresisting, in this battle, that would be a greater blessing for me.”
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