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Adhyāyas / Arjuna Viṣāda Yogaḥ / verse 33

Mūla — the verse

Gita Press numbering
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च। त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च
yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni cha ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni cha
Anuṣṭubh

Translation

Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣya

O Govinda! What need do we have of a kingdom, or what need of enjoyments and livelihood? Those for whom kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures are desired by us—such as teachers, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, as well as relatives—those very ones stand arrayed for battle, risking their lives and wealth.

हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda

हमें जिनके लिये राज्य, भोग और सुखादि की इच्छा है, वे ही लोग धन और जीवन की आशा को त्यागकर युद्ध में खड़े हैं।

Pronunciation — Vaamshii

from Vaamshii
येषा मर्थे काङ् क्षितन् नः
राज्यम् भोगास् सुखानि च
त इमेऽ वस्थिता युद्धे
प्राणांस् त्यक्त्वा धनानि च
॥ ३३ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →

Word by word

padārtha
yeṣhāmfor whose
arthesake
kāṅkṣhitamcoveted for
naḥby us
rājyamkingdom
bhogāḥpleasures
sukhānihappiness
chaalso
tethey
imethese
avasthitāḥsituated
yuddhefor battle
prāṇānlives
tyaktvāgiving up
dhanāniwealth
chaalso

Themes

from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad Gītā

Meaning — Questions & Solutions

from Q&A with KnA
1.33Who are the very people for whom kingdom and pleasure would be won?

O Govinda! What need do we have of a kingdom, or what need of enjoyments and livelihood? Those for whom kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures are desired by us—such as teachers, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, as well as relatives—those very ones stand arrayed for battle, risking their lives and wealth.

The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.