# Bhagavad Gita 1.46

**Canonical reference:** `gita.1.46`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः।
धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥

## IAST

yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet

## English translation — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

If the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, weapon in hand, should kill me in battle, me weaponless and not defending (myself), that would be better for me.

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