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मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ।एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ॥

What is kingdom to us, O Govinda, what enjoyment, what even life? Those for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures, they stand here in battle, abandoning life and riches — teachers, fathers, sons, as well as grandsires, mother’s brothers, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other kith and kin; these I would not consent to slay, though myself slain, O Madhusudana, even for the kingdom of the three worlds; how then for earth? What pleasures can be ours after killing the sons of Dhritarashtra. O Janardana?

Gītā 1·34

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in