ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
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1.46 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
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Chapter 1 · Verse 46·Spoken by Arjuna
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्
yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet
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yadiifmāmmeapratīkāramunresistingaśhastramunarmedśhastra-pāṇayaḥthose with weapons in handdhārtarāṣhṭrāḥthe sons of Dhritarashtraraṇeon the battlefieldhanyuḥshall killtatthatmeto mekṣhema-tarambetterbhavetwould be
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Translation · 5 voices
If, in this battle, the sons of Dhrtarastra, armed with weapons, kill me, who am non-resistant and unarmed, that will be more beneficial for me.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
If the well-armed sons of Dhrtarastra should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
It would be more beneficial for me if Dhrtarastra's men, with weapons in their hands, should slay me, unresisting and unarmed.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
If the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
If, on the contrary, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me, unarmed and unresisting, surely that would be better for my welfare!
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 1.26 through 1.47 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 1.26.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse; his Gita-bhashya begins at verse 2.11.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.