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एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 35
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
These I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth."

A Reading - Rantideb

Arjuna's declaration that he would not fight even for the sovereignty of the three worlds establishes that this is not a negotiation of price, but a crisis of absolute morality.

etānthese
nanot
hantumto slay
ichchhāmiI wish
ghnataḥkilled
apieven though
madhusūdanaShree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu
apieven though
trai-lokya-rājyasyadominion over three worlds
hetoḥfor the sake of
kim nuwhat to speak of
mahī-kṛitefor the earth

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
1.35 एतान् these? न not? हन्तुम् to kill? इच्छामि (I) wish? घ्नतःअपि even if they kill me? मधुसूदन O Madhusudana (the slayer of Madhu? a demon)? अपि even? त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य dominion over the three worlds? हेतोः for the sake of? किम् how? नु then? महीकृते for the sake of the earth.No Commentary.