BG 2.6
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः ।
यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥
यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥
na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo
yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas
te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas
te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
na ca vidmaḥ — and we do not know; etat — this; katarat — which option; garīyaḥ — would be better; naḥ — for us; yat vā — whether; jayema — to conquer; yadi vā — or whether; naḥ — for us; jayeyuḥ — to be conquered; te — those; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ — sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; yān eva — whom indeed; hatvā — if we were to kill; na jijīviṣāmaḥ — we would not wish to live; avasthitāḥ — are standing now; pramukhe — directly in front of us.
Translation
And we do not know which would be better for us — whether to conquer them or for them to conquer us. Those very sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, whom if we killed we would not wish to live, are standing now directly in front of us.