एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन | अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ||१-३५||
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana . api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte ||1-35||
Chapter 1 · Verse 35
Arjuna Visada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग
In plain words
You are being urged to choose compassion over worldly gain, refusing to harm others even for the greatest rewards. Arjuna declares he would not kill his relatives even to rule the entire universe, let alone the earth. He is caught in maya, the illusion that temporary earthly ties are absolute, which temporarily blinds him to his true spiritual dharma, or righteous duty.
Translation
1.35 These I would not slay, though they might slay me, even for the sovereignty of the three worlds - how much less for this earth O Krsna?
Meaning
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Word by word
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