BG 1.32

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca
kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā

Word-for-word meanings

na kāṅkṣe — I do not covet;  vijayam — victory;  kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa;  na ca — neither;  rājyam — empire;  ca — nor;  sukhāni — enjoyments;  govinda — O Kṛṣṇa;  kim — of what use is there;  naḥ — to us;  rājyena — through means of empire;  kim — of what use is there;  bhogaiḥ — through means of luxuries;  vā — or even;  jīvitena — through life itself.

Translation

I do not covet victory, Kṛṣṇa, nor empire, nor enjoyments. O Govinda, of what avail to us is a kingdom? Of what use are luxuries or even life itself?

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