ichchhāmi

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन

ichchhāmi — I wish

I do not wish to kill them, Krishna, even if they kill me — not for dominion over the three worlds, let alone for the earth.

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर

ichchhāmi — I desire

You have spoken of yourself as you are, supreme lord. Now I wish to see that form of yours as ruler.

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद

ichchhāmi — I wish

Tell me who you are, you of fearful form. I bow to you; have mercy, best of gods. I wish to know you as you are at the first, for I do not understand what you are doing.

किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव

ichchhāmi — I wish

I wish to see you as before — crowned, bearing the club, the disc in your hand. Take on that four-armed form, thousand-armed one of universal form.

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च

ichchhāmi — I wish

Nature and the person, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and what is to be known — these I wish to understand, Krishna.

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्

ichchhāmi — I wish

I wish to understand the truth of renunciation, mighty-armed one, and of letting go — and how they differ.