[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.5 · spoken by Krishna ]
He'd rather beg on the streets than eat a feast paid for in blood. Why?
Better to live in this world by begging than to kill these great teachers. If I kill them, all pleasures I enjoy will be smeared with their blood.
SANSKRIT
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके । हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥२-५॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“A throne smeared with your teacher's blood isn't a throne. It's a grave with cushions.”
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