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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 35

Arjuna's Dejection

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 1.35 mean?

I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this earth alone? It matters not if I myself am killed.

Word-by-word meaning

etān—these · na—not · hantum—to slay · ichchhāmi—I wish · ghnataḥ—killed · api—even though · madhusūdana—Shree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu · api—even though · trai-lokya-rājyasya—dominion over three worlds · hetoḥ—for the sake of · kim nu—what to speak of · mahī-kṛite—for the earth

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