आचार्या: पितर: पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहा: मातुला: श्वशुरा: पौत्रा: श्याला: सम्बन्धिनस्तथा एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतो: किं नु महीकृते
āchāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva cha pitāmahāḥ mātulāḥ śhvaśhurāḥ pautrāḥ śhyālāḥ sambandhinas tathāetān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (25 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Arjuna lists, almost exhaustively, the categories of relatives on the field — teachers, fathers, sons, uncles, in-laws — and says he would not kill them even if they killed him first.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Arjuna's refusal isn't conditional on winning safely — he holds it even at the cost of his own life.