BG - 1.35

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।

etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite

• etān - these
• na - not
• hantum - to slay
• ichchhāmi - I wish
• ghnataḥ - killed
• api - even though
• madhusūdana - Shree Krishna, killer of the demon Madhu
• api - even though
• trai-lokya-rājyasya - dominion over three worlds
• hetoḥ - for the sake of
• kim nu - what to speak of
• mahī-kṛite - for the earth

Translation

Corrected: "These I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth."

Commentary