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न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः । यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः॥६-२४-६॥
Nor do we know which is weightier for us—whether we should prevail, or whether they should prevail. Those Dhārtarāṣṭras stand before us; having slain them, we would not wish to live.
english translation
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः । यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्॥६-२४-७॥
With my nature impaired by the fault of self-pity, and my mind bewildered about dharma, I ask you: tell me decisively what would be for my highest good. I am your student; instruct me—I have taken refuge in you.
english translation
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् । अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्॥६-२४-८॥
For I do not see what could remove my grief, which is drying up my senses—even if I were to obtain on earth a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom, or even sovereignty among the gods.
english translation
संजय उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परंतप । न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह॥६-२४-९॥
Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hṛṣīkeśa, Guḍākeśa—the scorcher of foes—said to Govinda, “I will not fight,” and then fell silent.
english translation
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत । सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः॥६-२४-१०॥
Then Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa), as if with a gentle smile, O Bhārata, addressed him—the despondent one standing between the two armies—speaking these words.
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