Chapter1 Shloka45 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 1 : Two Armies in Kurukshetra and Arjuna's refusal to fight

Ch 01 : Sh 45

यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्‌ ॥

Transliteration

yadi mam apratikaram asastram sastra-panayah |
dhartarastra rane hanyus tan me ksemataram bhavet ||45||

Translation

Indeed it would consider better for me if the sons of Dhristarashtra with weapons in hand were kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.

Purport