Bhagavad Gita 1.32
Chapter 1, verse 32
Meaning
“Krishna, I do not want victory, or a kingdom, or the comforts that come with them. Govinda, what would a kingdom mean to us, or pleasures, or even staying alive?”
The Sanskrit
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥ ३२ ॥
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā
Say it
nuh kaan-kshay vi-juh-yum krish-nuh nuh chuh raa-jyum soo-khaa-ni chuh
kim no raa-jyay-nuh go-vin-duh kim bho-gair jee-vi-tay-nuh vaa
Word by word
- na kāṅkṣe
- I do not want
- vijayam
- victory
- kṛṣṇa
- O Krishna
- na ca rājyam
- nor a kingdom
- sukhāni ca
- nor pleasures
- kim naḥ rājyena
- what use is a kingdom to us
- govinda
- O Govinda (Krishna, protector of cows, giver of joy)
- kim bhogaiḥ
- what use are enjoyments
- jīvitena vā
- or even life itself
Read it in context: verses 1.29–32His body says no firstWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: The body speaks before the reasons
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.32 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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