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न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 32
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?

A Reading - Rantideb

His questioning of the value of victory or kingdom is a fundamental re-evaluation of his core objectives. The reward no longer justifies the required process.

nanor
kāṅkṣhedo I desire
vijayamvictory
kṛiṣhṇaKrishna
nanor
chaas well
rājyamkingdom
sukhānihappiness
chaalso
kimwhat
naḥto us
rājyenaby kingdom
govindaKrishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows
kimwhat?
bhogaiḥpleasures
jīvitenalife
vāor

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
1.32 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.