Shloka 32
Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)
Devanagari script
न काड्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च । कि नो राज्येन गोविन्द कि भोगैर्जीवितेन वा
Transliteration
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca | kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā ||
Translation
Arjuna said: “O Kṛṣṇa, I do not desire victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is a kingdom to us, O Govinda? What use are enjoyments—or even life itself?”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
काङ्क्षेI desire
काङ्क्षे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकाङ्क्ष्
FormLat (present indicative), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada
विजयम्victory
विजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविजय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
कृष्णO Krishna
कृष्ण:
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
राज्यम्kingdom
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, accusative, singular
सुखानिpleasures, comforts
सुखानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
Formneuter, accusative, plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
किम्what (use)?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
नुindeed, then (emphatic particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
राज्येनwith/by a kingdom; of what use is a kingdom?
राज्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
गोविन्दO Govinda
गोविन्द:
TypeNoun
Rootगोविन्द
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
किम्what (use)?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
भोगैःwith/by enjoyments; of what use are pleasures?
भोगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभोग
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
जीवितेनwith/by life; of what use is life?
जीवितेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
ArjunaK
KṛṣṇaG
GovindaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes