BG 2.5
हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान्रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥
śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha loke
hatvārtha-kāmāṁs tu gurūn ihaiva
bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān
Word-for-word meanings
śreyaḥ — it would be better; bhoktum — to eat [i.e., to live]; iha loke — in this world; bhaikṣyam api — even by begging; ahatvā — without killing; hi — indeed; gurūn — [those] honorable; mahā-anubhāvān — [and] wise men; tu — otherwise; hatvā — by killing; gurūn — our honorable superiors; bhogān — the objects of enjoyment; artha — [such as] wealth; kāmān — [and] coveted items; bhuñjīya — that we will be obliged to partake of; iha eva — in this world; pradigdhān — will be stained; rudhira — with blood.
Translation
It would be better to live in this world even by begging alms without killing those honorable and wise men. Otherwise, by killing our superiors, the wealth and coveted items of enjoyment that we will partake of in this world will surely be tainted with their blood.