Chapter 1 · Verse 32

Arjuna's Dilemma

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा

na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā

Word Meanings

na kāṅkṣhe vijayam kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyam sukhāni cha kim naḥ rājyena govinda kim bhogaiḥ jīvitena vā

Translation

I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. Of what use is dominion to us, O Govinda, or enjoyments, or even life itself?

Commentary

न not? काङ्क्षे (I) desire? विजयम् victory? कृष्ण O Krishna? न not? च and? राज्यम् kingdom? सुखानि pleasures? च and? किम् what? नः to us? राज्येन by kindom? गोविन्द O Govinda? किम् what? भोगैः by pleasures? जीवितेन life? वा or.No Commentary.