Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 46
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः । धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्
yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ | dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet
Translation
It would be better for me, if the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, with arms in hand, should slay me unarmed and unresisting in the battle.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yadi
- if
- mām
- me
- apratīkāram
- without retaliation (unresisting)
- aśastram
- weaponless
- śastrapāṇayaḥ
- weapons, in hands, whose, they
- dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
- the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- raṇe
- in the battle
- hanyuḥ
- may slay
- tat
- that
- me
- of me
- kṣemataram
- better
- bhavet
- would be