katham
- how
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In 8 verses
- 1.37
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्
katham — how
So it is not for us to kill Dhritarashtra's sons, our own kin. How could we be happy, having killed our own people?
- 1.39
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्
katham — why
how should we, who can see it, not turn away from this wrong?
- 2.4
कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन
katham — how
How am I to fight Bhishma and Drona with arrows, Krishna? They deserve my reverence.
- 2.21
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्
katham — how
One who knows it as imperishable, eternal, unborn and unchanging — how could such a person kill, or cause anyone to be killed?
- 4.4
अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः
katham — how
Your birth was later; Vivasvan's was earlier. How am I to understand that you taught it in the beginning?
- 8.2
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन
katham — how
How is the lord of offerings present in this body, and who is it? And how are you to be known at the moment of departure by those who are restrained?
- 10.17
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्
katham — how
How am I to know you, master of yoga, by constant meditation? In what forms are you to be thought of?
- 14.21
कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो
katham — how
By what signs is one known who has gone beyond these three strands, lord? How does such a person behave, and how do they pass beyond them?