Gita Verse 1.32

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 32

Sanskrit Verse

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।

Transliteration

na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha

kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā

Word meanings

na—nor; kāṅkṣhe—do I desire; vijayam—victory; kṛiṣhṇa—Krishna; na—nor; cha—as well; rājyam—kingdom; sukhāni—happiness; cha—also; kim—what; naḥ—to us; rājyena—by kingdom; govinda—Krishna, he who gives pleasure to the senses, he who is fond of cows; kim—what?; bhogaiḥ—pleasures; jīvitena—life; vā—or;

Swami Sivananda's translation

I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures.

What use is dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 1