Chapter 1 · Verse 32
Arjuna's Dilemma
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा
na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā
Word Meanings
na — nor; kāṅkṣhe — do I desire; vijayam — victory; kṛiṣhṇa — Krishna; na — nor; cha — as well; rājyam — kingdom; sukhāni — happiness; cha — also; kim — what; naḥ — to us; rājyena — by kingdom; govinda — Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows; kim — what?; bhogaiḥ — pleasures; jīvitena — life; vā — or
Translation
I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. Of what use is dominion to us, O Govinda, or enjoyments, or even life itself?
Commentary