Friday, March 18, 2011

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 -Arjuna Vishada Yoga - Sloka 35


The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of  The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

Arjuna's Fallacy-  slokas 31-46

Chapter 1 - Sloka 35



















Etan na hantum ichami dhritah api madhusudan I
api trailokya rajyayasya hetoh kim nu mahi krite II sloka 35
एतान् न हन्तुं इछामि धृतः अपि मधुसूदन ।
अपि त्रैलोक्य राज्यय्स्य हेतोः किं नु महि कृते ।। श्लोक ३५ 

Though myself slain by them, I would not, O Madhusudana, seek to slay them even for the sake of domination over the three worlds, how then for the earth? 

The three worlds refer to the earth, heaven and the intermediate region. "O Krishna, it is to your everlasting glory that you are addressed as Madhusudana - the killer of the wicked demon, Madhu. But it would be to my everlasting ignominy as the killer of the kith and kin, if I ever indulged in this warfare" - this is what Arjuna implies.

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