[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.23.35 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.23.35 Mahābhārata 6.23.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.35) etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato'pi madhusūdana | api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte || 35 || > Even though these were to kill me, O slayer of Madhu, I could not wish to kill them, not even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds, how much less for the sake of the earth! > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.34) - [Next: 6.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.36) - [Up: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.1.35) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.25.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.25.35) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.25.35) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.25.35) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.1.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.1.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.35) · Pramāṇa