[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.35 · spoken by Arjun ]
Give him heaven, earth, and everything below. He still wouldn't fight. Why?
Not for this kingdom. Not for this earth. Not even for the sovereignty of all three worlds. There is no prize large enough to justify killing your own family.
SANSKRIT
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन । अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥१-३५॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“No prize is large enough when the cost is the people you'd share it with.”
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