Exercises: Asking Questions

Vocabulary

Translation (English → Sanskrit)

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Translation (Sanskrit → English)

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• न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।
  किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥

• अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
  अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥

Answers

Translation (English → Sanskrit)

Translation (Sanskrit → English)

• I do not desire victory, Krishna, nor kingship, nor pleasures.
  What is kingship to us, Krishna, (what are) enjoyments, (what is) life?

  Bhagavad Gita 1.32

• Beings are unmanifest at first, (and) manifest in the middle, Arjuna;
  (and) surely, unmanifest at death. What complaint can there be in this? (literally "What complaint is there?")

  Bhagavad Gita 2.28