Chapter 2 · Verse 5The Yoga of Knowledge
Bhagavad Gita 2.5
BG 2.5 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 5, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके | हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ||२-५||
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gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke . hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ||2-5||
Roman: gurunahatva hi mahanubhavan shreyo bhoktum bhaikshyamapiha loke . hatvarthakamamstu gurunihaiva bhunjiya bhogan rudhirapradigdhan
Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I kill them, even in this world all my enjoyments of wealth and fulfilled desires will be stained with (their) blood.