Texts 32-35] Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra 59
api trailokya-rājyasya  
 hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛte  
 nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ  
 kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana
kim —what use;  naḥ —to us;  rājyena —is the kingdom;  govinda —O Kṛṣṇa;  kim —what;  bhogaiḥ —enjoyment;  jīvitena —by living;  vā —either;  yeṣām —for whom;  arthe —for the matter of;  kāṅkṣitam —desired;  naḥ —our;  rājyam —kingdom;  bhogāḥ —material enjoyment;  sukhāni —all happiness;  ca —also;  te —all of them;  ime —these;  avasthitāḥ —situated;  yuddhe —in this battlefield;  prāṇān —lives;  tyaktvā —giving up;  dhanāni —riches;  ca —also;  ācāryāḥ —teachers;  pitaraḥ —fathers;  putrāḥ —sons;  tathā —as well as;  eva —certainly;  ca —also;  pitāmahāḥ —grandfathers;  mātulāḥ —maternal uncles;  śvaśurāḥ —fathers-in-law;  pautrāḥ —grandsons;  śyālāḥ —brothers-in-law;  sambandhinaḥ —relatives;  tathā —as well as;  etān —all these;  na —never;  hantum —for killing;  icchāmi —do I wish;  ghnataḥ —being killed;  api —even;  madhusūdana —O killer of the demon Madhu (Kṛṣṇa);  api —even if;  trailokya —of the three worlds;  rājyasya —of the kingdoms;  hetoḥ —in exchange;  kim —what to speak of;  nu —only;  mahī-kṛte —for the sake of earth;  nihatya —by killing;  dhārtarāṣṭrān —the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra;  naḥ —our;  kā —what;  prītiḥ —pleasure;  syāt —will there be;  janārdana —O maintainer of all living entities.
TRANSLATION
O Govinda, of what avail to us are kingdoms, happiness or even life itself when all those for whom we may desire them are now arrayed in this battlefield? O Madhusūdana, when teachers, fathers, sons, grand-fathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and all relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties and are standing before me, then why should I wish to kill them, though I may survive? O maintainer of all creatures, I am not prepared to fight with them even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth.
PURPORT
Arjuna has addressed Lord Krṣṇa as Govinda because Krṣṇa is the object of all pleasures for cows and the senses. By using this significant word, Arjuna indicates what will satisfy his senses. Although Govinda is not meant for satisfying our senses, if we try to satisfy the senses of Govinda then automatically our own senses are satisfied. Materially, everyone wants to satisfy his senses, and he wants God to be the order supplier for such