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
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