न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।
na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha
kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā
- na - nor
- kāṅkṣhe - do I desire
- vijayam - victory
- kṛiṣhṇa - Krishna
- na - nor
- cha - as well
- rājyam - kingdom
- sukhāni - happiness
- cha - also
- kim - what
- naḥ - to us
- rājyena - by kingdom
- govinda - Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows
- kim - what?
- bhogaiḥ - pleasures
- jīvitena - life
- vā - or
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I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures.
What use is dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?