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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 46 (1.46) means: It would be better for me if Dhritarashtra's sons, weapons in hand, struck me down in battle unarmed and unresisting.
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।1.46।।
yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet
It would be better for me if Dhritarashtra's sons, weapons in hand, struck me down in battle unarmed and unresisting.
अगर हाथों में शस्त्र लिए धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्र मुझ निहत्थे और प्रतिकार न करने वाले को युद्ध में मार डालें, तो मेरे लिए यही बेहतर होगा।
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It is verse 46 of Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 47 verses in total.
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