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Verse 1.33
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च। त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च।।1.33।।
yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni cha ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni cha
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 33
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Those for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth.
A Reading - Rantideb
Listing the relatives he must kill highlights the paradox of his situation: to achieve the goal, he must destroy the very people the goal is meant to serve.
yeṣhāmfor whose
arthesake
kāṅkṣhitamcoveted for
naḥby us
rājyamkingdom
bhogāḥpleasures
sukhānihappiness
chaalso
tethey
imethese
avasthitāḥsituated
yuddhefor battle
prāṇānlives
tyaktvāgiving up
dhanāniwealth
chaalso
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
1.33 येषाम् of whose? अर्थे sake? काङ्क्षितम् (is) desired? नः by us? राज्यम् kingdom? भोगाः enjoyment? सुखानि pleasures? च and? ते they? इमे these? अवस्थिताः stand? युद्धे in battle? प्राणान् life? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? धनानि wealth? च and.No Commentary.