Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 5

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके । हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke | hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān

Translation

Better indeed in this world to live even upon alms than to slay the teachers of high honour. But, were I to slay these teachers, I should only in this world enjoy the pleasures of wealth, delights stained with blood.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

gurūn

the Gurus

ahatvā

not having slain

hi

indeed

mahānubhāvān

great, splendour, whose, them

śreyaḥ

better

bhoktum

to eat

bhaikṣyam

alms

api

even

iha

in (the) world

loke

in world

hatvā

having slain

arthakāmān

in wealth (or good), (they) desire, thus, them

tu

indeed

gurūn

Gurus

iha

here

eva

also

bhuñjīya

(I) should eat

bhogān

foods

rudhirapradigdhān

with blood, stained