Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief
Verse 46
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 46
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।1.46।।
Transliteration (IAST)
yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet
Translation
If the well-armed sons of Dhrtarastra should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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