BG 1.35
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ।
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥
etān na hantum icchāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana
api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛte
api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛte
Word-for-word meanings
api — even if; ghnataḥ — [I am] being killed [by them]; madhusūdana — Kṛṣṇa; na icchāmi — I do not want; hantum — to kill; etān — them; api — even; hetoḥ — for the sake; rājyasya — of dominion; trai-lokya — of the three worlds; kim nu — what to speak of; mahī-kṛte — for sovereignty over the earth.
Translation
Even if I am to be killed by them, O Madhusūdana, I do not wish to kill them, even for dominion over the three worlds, let alone sovereignty over the earth.