na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā
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he kṛṣṇa (O Kṛṣṇa!),
he govinda (O Govinda!),
[
aham]
(I) vijayaṁ (victory) na kāṅkṣe (I do not desire),
rājyaṁ ca (and a kingdom) sukhāni ca (and pleasures) na [
kāṅkṣe]
(I do not desire).
[
ataḥ eva]
(therefore) naḥ (to us) rājyena (the kingdom) kiṁ (what for?),
bhogaiḥ (the luxuries) jīvitena vā (or life) kiṁ (what for?).
na |
– |
av. – not; |
kāṅkṣe |
– |
√kāṅkṣ (to desire, to expect) Praes. Ā 3v.1 – I desire; |
vijayam |
– |
vijaya 2n.1 m. – victory (from: vi-√ji – to conquer); |
kṛṣṇa |
– |
kṛṣṇa 8n.1 m. – O dark one, O Kṛṣṇa; |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
ca |
– |
av. – and; |
rājyam |
– |
rājya (√rāj – to reign) PF 2n.1 n. – a kingdom, power; |
sukhāni |
– |
sukha 2n.3 n. – pleasures, comforts (from: su – prefix: good, excellent, beautiful, virtuous; kha – cavity, hole, nave; su-kha – joy, happiness, literally: good hole in the nave [of a wheel through which an axis runs] that makes the moving smooth; or from: su-√sthā; opposite to: duḥkha – pain, difficulty); |
kim |
– |
av. – what for – requires instrumental (from: kim – what?); |
naḥ |
– |
asmat sn. 4i.3x – for us (shortened form of: asmabhyam); |
rājyena |
– |
rājya (√rāj – to reign) PF 3n.1 n. – (what for) with a kingdom; |
govinda |
– |
govinda 8n.1 m.; BV: yo gā vindati saḥ – one who gets the cows (from: go – cow, earth, an organ of sense; √vid – to find, to get, vinda – the getting); |
kim |
– |
av. – what for – requires instrumental (from: kim – what?); |
bhogaiḥ |
– |
bhoga 3n.3 m. – (what for) with luxuries (from: √bhuj – to eat, to enjoy); |
jīvitena |
– |
jīvita (√jīv – to live) PP 3n.1 n. – (what for) with life; |
vā |
– |
av. – or, and, on the other side, but even if, however; |
na kāṅkṣe → na kāṃkṣye / nākāṃkṣe (it is not desired / I do not desire);
na ca rājyaṃ → na rājyaṃ na (not the kingdom, not …);
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