Bhagavadgita 2.5-8
Bhagavadgītā 2.5-8
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- Sanskrit
2.5
gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvāñ; śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣam apīha loke
hatvārthakāmāṃs tu gurūn ihaiva; bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān
Surely it would be better even to eat the bread of beggary in this life than to slay these great-souled masters. But if I kill them, even in this world, all my enjoyment of wealth and desires will be stained with blood.
2.6
na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo; yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas; te 'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
And indeed I can scarcely tell which will be better, that we should conquer them, or that they should conquer us. The very sons of Dhritarâshtra,—after slaying whom we should not care to live,—stand facing us.
2.7
kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ; pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ
yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṃ brūhi tan me; śiṣyas te 'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam
With my nature overpowered by weak commiseration, with a mind in confusion about duty, I supplicate Thee. Say decidedly what is good for me. I am Thy disciple. Instruct me who have taken refuge in Thee.
2.8
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād; yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ; rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam
I do not see anything to remove this sorrow which blasts my senses, even were I to obtain unrivalled and flourishing dominion over the earth, and mastery over the gods.
Translations (3)
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- The Song Celestial — Edwin Arnold 1885, English
Commentaries (12)
- Jñāneśvarī — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- Subodhinī — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra) — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- Tattvaprakāśikā — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- Sārārthavarṣiṇī — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- Arthaprakāśikā — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- Tātparyabodhinī — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Bālabodhinī — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit