Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 34-35

आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः। मातुलाः श्चशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।।1.34।। एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

āchāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva cha pitāmahāḥ mātulāḥ śhvaśhurāḥ pautrāḥ śhyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite

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Word Meanings

āchāryāḥ—teachers

pitaraḥ—fathers

putrāḥ—sons

tathā—as well

eva—indeed

cha—also

pitāmahāḥ—grandfathers

mātulāḥ—maternal uncles

śhvaśhurāḥ—fathers-in-law

pautrāḥ—grandsons

śhyālāḥ—brothers-in-law

sambandhinaḥ—kinsmen

tathā—as well

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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Translation

Teachers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives— 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."

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Commentary

1.34 आचार्याः teachers? पितरः fathers? पुत्राः sons? तथा thus? एव also? च and? पितामहाः grandfathers? मातुलाः maternal uncles? श्वशुराः fathersinlaw? पौत्राः grandsons? श्यालाः brothersinlaw? सम्बन्धिनः relatives? तथा as well as.No Commentary. 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.

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