एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन | अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ||१-३५||
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana . api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte ||1-35||
In English by Swami Sivananda
1.35. These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, O Krishna, even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth.
In English by Swami Sivananda
1.35 एतान् these, न not, हन्तुम् to kill, इच्छामि (I) wish, घ्नतःअपि even if they kill me, मधुसूदन O Madhusudana (the slayer of Madhu, a demon), अपि even, त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य dominion over the three worlds, हेतोः for the sake of, किम् how, नु then, महीकृते for the sake of the earth.No Commentary.