BG - 2.6

न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः। यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।

na chaitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣhāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ

• na - not
• cha - and
• etat - this
• vidmaḥ - we know
• katarat - which
• naḥ - for us
• garīyaḥ - is preferable
• yat vā - whether
• jayema - we may conquer
• yadi - if
• vā - or
• naḥ - us
• jayeyuḥ - they may conquer
• yān - whom
• eva - certainly
• hatvā - after killing
• na - not
• jijīviṣhāmaḥ - we desire to live
• te - they
• avasthitāḥ - are standing
• pramukhe - before us
• dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ - the sons of Dhritarashtra

Translation

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.

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