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Chapter 1 · Verse 35Arjuna's Dilemma

Bhagavad Gita 1.35

BG 1.35 — Chapter 1 (Arjuna's Dilemma), Verse 35, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन | अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ||१-३५||

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etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana . api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte ||1-35||

Roman: etanna hantumicchami ghnato.api madhusudana . api trailokyarajyasya hetoh kim nu mahikrte

. These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, O Krishna, even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth.