11.34 They are already killed Krishna speaks
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्
मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्
droṇaṁ cha bhīṣhmaṁ cha jayadrathaṁ cha
karṇaṁ tathānyān api yodha-vīrān
mayā hatāṁs tvaṁ jahi mā vyathiṣhṭhā
yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān
Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and the other warrior heroes — they are already killed by me. Kill them; do not falter. Fight. You will conquer your enemies in battle.
Explanation
They are already killed by me.
Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna — named individually, as they were named in chapter 1's catalogue.
Then four imperatives: kill them, do not falter, fight, you will conquer. It is the bluntest passage in the Gita, and it arrives immediately after the most terrifying one.
Word by word
- droṇam
- Dronacharya
- cha
- and
- bhīṣhmam
- Bheeshma
- cha
- and
- jayadratham
- Jayadratha
- cha
- and
- karṇam
- Karn
- tathā
- also
- anyān
- others
- api
- also
- yodha-vīrān
- brave warriors
- mayā
- by me
- hatān
- already killed
- tvam
- you
- jahi
- slay
- mā
- not
- vyathiṣhṭhāḥ
- be disturbed
- yudhyasva
- fight
- jetā asi
- you shall be victorious
- raṇe
- in battle
- sapatnān
- enemies
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