[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.33 · spoken by Arjun ]
He fought for them. They're the ones he has to kill. What do you do with that?
The people he'd share the kingdom with. The people he fought for. They're standing right here — on this field — ready to die. They ARE the war.
SANSKRIT
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च । त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च ॥१-३३॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The prize and the cost were the same people.”
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