Chapter 2 · Verse 5
सांख्ययोग
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके | हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ||२-५||
gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke . hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ||2-5||
You are asked to understand the pain of choosing between worldly success and your conscience. It is natural to feel that even poverty is better than gaining wealth through actions that violate your dharma, or moral duty. True peace cannot come from material pleasures, which are just temporary traps of maya, the illusion of worldly happiness.
2.5 It is better even to live on a beggar's fare in this world than to slay these most venerable teachers. If I should slay my teachers, though degraded they be by desire for wealth, I would be enjoying only blood-stained pleasures here.
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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