Sanskrit · Devanagari
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882These I do not wish to kill though they kill (me) O destroyer of Madhu! even for the sake of sovereignty over the three worlds how much less then for this earth (alone)?
This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 91%.