Chapter 2, Verse 6
Part of 2: Sānkhya Yog — सांख्ययोगन चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः। यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः॥
Transliteration
na chaitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣhāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ
Meaning
I can hardly tell which would be better, that we should conquer them or that they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, whom we do not wish to slay, stand facing us.
Word-by-word meaning
na — notcha — andetat — thisvidmaḥ — we knowkatarat — whichnaḥ — for usgarīyaḥ — is preferableyat vā — whetherjayema — we may conqueryadi — ifvā — ornaḥ — usjayeyuḥ — they may conqueryān — whomeva — certainlyhatvā — after killingna — notjijīviṣhāmaḥ — we desire to livete — theyavasthitāḥ — are standingpramukhe — before usdhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ — the sons of Dhritarashtra
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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 6?▼
I can hardly tell which would be better, that we should conquer them or that they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, whom we do not wish to slay, stand facing us.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?▼
This is verse 6 of Chapter 2 (Sānkhya Yog — Transcendental Knowledge) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.