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1.33 The ones we wanted it for Arjuna speaks

येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च
त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च

yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni cha
ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni cha

Those for whose sake we would want a kingdom, and pleasures, and happiness — they are the ones standing here, ready to give up their lives and their wealth:

Explanation

The ones we wanted it for are standing there.

Those for whose sake a kingdom would be worth having are the people ready to die in front of him.

This is his strongest argument and it is a good one. A victory that costs you everyone you would have shared it with is not a victory in the same currency — and Krishna never answers it on its own terms.

Word by word

yeṣhām
for whose
arthe
sake
kāṅkṣhitam
coveted for
naḥ
by us
rājyam
kingdom
bhogāḥ
pleasures
sukhāni
happiness
cha
also
te
they
ime
these
avasthitāḥ
situated
yuddhe
for battle
prāṇān
lives
tyaktvā
giving up
dhanāni
wealth
cha
also