Monday, August 31, 2015

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 32

Chapter 1/Verse 32

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥१-३२॥

na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca ।

kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā ॥1-32॥


O Krishna, I don't want victory, nor sovereignty, nor pleasures. O Govinda, what use is royalty for us? What use are pleasures or life?

na (negation particle) (indeclinable) = not

kāṅkṣe (verb root: kāṅkṣ) (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I want

vijayaṃ (stem form: vijaya) (masculine, accusative, singular) = victory

kṛṣṇa (stem form: kṛṣṇa) (masculine, vocative, singular) =
O Krishna

na (negation particle) (indeclinable) = not

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

rājyam (stem form: rājya) (neuter, accusative, singular) = sovereignty  

sukhāni (stem form: sukha) (neuter, accusative, plural) = pleasures

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

kim (interrogative particle) = what?

nas (pronoun, 1st person, dative, plural) = for us

rājyena (stem form: rājya) (neuter, instrumental, singular) = with royalty

govinda (stem form: govinda) (masculine, vocative, singular) = O Govinda

kim (interrogative particle) = what?

bhogais (stem form: bhoga) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = with enjoyments

jīvitena (stem form: jīvita) (neuter, instrumental, singular) = with life

vā (conjunction) (indeclinable) = or

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