SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 5<\/a><\/p>\n na chaithadh vidhma: katharan nO garIya: yadhvA jayEma yadhivA nO jayEyu: |<\/em> yadhvA jayEma – whether we will win (over them) (vayam – us) 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).<\/p>\n Those same hosts of Dh\u1e5bitar\u0101shtra, 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?<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 7<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 5 SlOkam \u2013 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: – … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n yAnEva hathvA na jijIvishAma: thEvasthithA: pramukhE dhArtharAshtrA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nyadhivA na: jayEyu: – or (they) will win over us
\nkatharath na: garIya: – (among these two) which is better
\nna vidhma: – we do not know<\/p>\n
\nyAn hathvA – by killing whom
\nna jijIvishAma: – not desiring to live
\nthE dhArtharAshtrA: Eva – those dhuryOdhana et al
\npramukhE – in front of us
\navasthithA: – standing (to fight)<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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