BhG 1.32

na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā

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he kṛṣṇa (O Kṛṣṇa!), he govinda (O Govinda!),
[aham] (I) vijayaṁ (victory) na kāṅkṣe (I do not desire),
rājyaṁ ca (and a kingdom) sukhāni ca (and pleasures) na [kāṅkṣe] (I do not desire).
[ataḥ eva] (therefore) naḥ (to us) rājyena (the kingdom) kiṁ (what for?),
bhogaiḥ (the luxuries) jīvitena vā (or life) kiṁ (what for?).

grammar

na	–	av. – not;
kāṅkṣe	–	√kāṅkṣ (to desire, to expect) Praes. Ā 3v.1 – I desire;
vijayam	–	vijaya 2n.1 m. – victory (from: vi-√ji – to conquer);
kṛṣṇa	–	kṛṣṇa 8n.1 m. – O dark one, O Kṛṣṇa;
na	–	av. – not;
ca	–	av. – and;
rājyam	–	rājya (√rāj – to reign) PF 2n.1 n. – a kingdom, power;
sukhāni	–	sukha 2n.3 n. – pleasures, comforts (from: su – prefix: good, excellent, beautiful, virtuous; kha – cavity, hole, nave; su-kha – joy, happiness, literally: good hole in the nave [of a wheel through which an axis runs] that makes the moving smooth; or from: su-√sthā; opposite to: duḥkha – pain, difficulty);
kim	–	av. – what for – requires instrumental (from: kim – what?);
naḥ	–	asmat sn. 4i.3x – for us (shortened form of: asmabhyam);
rājyena	–	rājya (√rāj – to reign) PF 3n.1 n. – (what for) with a kingdom;
govinda	–	govinda 8n.1 m.; BV: yo gā vindati saḥ – one who gets the cows (from: go – cow, earth, an organ of sense; √vid – to find, to get, vinda – the getting);
kim	–	av. – what for – requires instrumental (from: kim – what?);
bhogaiḥ	–	bhoga 3n.3 m. – (what for) with luxuries (from: √bhuj – to eat, to enjoy);
jīvitena	–	jīvita (√jīv – to live) PP 3n.1 n. – (what for) with life;
vā	–	av. – or, and, on the other side, but even if, however;

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BhG 1.32

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