Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 5

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके। हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्।।2.5।।

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śhreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣhyamapīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāṁstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān

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Word Meanings

gurūn—teachers
ahatvā—not killing
hi—certainly
mahā-anubhāvān—noble elders
śhreyaḥ—better
bhoktum—to enjoy life
bhaikṣhyam—by begging
api—even
iha loke—in this world
hatvā—killing
artha—gain
kāmān—desiring
tu—but
gurūn—noble elders
iha—in this world
eva—certainly
bhuñjīya—enjoy
bhogān—pleasures
rudhira—blood
pradigdhān—tainted with
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Translation

Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I were to kill them, even in this world, all my enjoyments of wealth and fulfilled desires would be stained with their blood.

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Commentary

2.5 गुरून् the Gurus (teachers)? अहत्वा instead of slaying? हि indeed? महानुभावान् most noble? श्रेयः better? भोक्तुम् to eat? भैक्ष्यम् alms? अपि even? इह here? लोके in the world? हत्वा having slain? अर्थकामान् desirous of wealth? तु indeed? गुरून् Gurus? इह here? एव also? भुञ्जीय enjoy? भोगान् enjoyments? रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् stained with blood.No commentary.

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