SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
na chaithadh vidhma: katharan nO garIya: yadhvA jayEma yadhivA nO jayEyu: |
yAnEva hathvA na jijIvishAma: thEvasthithA: pramukhE dhArtharAshtrA: ||
word-by-word meaning
yadhvA jayEma – whether we will win (over them)
yadhivA na: jayEyu: – or (they) will win over us
katharath na: garIya: – (among these two) which is better
na vidhma: – we do not know
(vayam – us)
yAn hathvA – by killing whom
na jijIvishAma: – not desiring to live
thE dhArtharAshtrA: Eva – those dhuryOdhana et al
pramukhE – in front of us
avasthithA: – standing (to fight)
Simple Translation
We do not know whether we will win over them or they will win over us and we do not know which among the two is better as well. Those dhuryOdhana et al whom we do not desire to kill and live (after that victory) are standing in front of us to fight (with us).
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
Those same hosts of Dhṛitarāshtra, by killing whom we desire not to live, are confronting us. We do not know whether we may conquer them, or they us. Which then is better for us? Begged food or Blood-bought food?
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