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Bhagavad Gita 2.6

Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge) · सांख्ययोग

न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयोयद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः ।यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥

na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyoyadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ |yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaste'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 2.6 in English

Arjuna admits he does not know which is better — winning or losing. The very people whose deaths would make life feel worthless are standing in front of him.

गीता 2.6 का हिंदी अर्थ

अर्जुन मानते हैं कि उन्हें नहीं पता कि जीतना अच्छा है या हारना। जिनको मारकर जीने की इच्छा ही न रहे, वही सामने खड़े हैं।

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.