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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 35 (1.35) means: I would not kill them even to rule all three worlds, Krishna, let alone for this earth, though they should kill me.
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite
I would not kill them even to rule all three worlds, Krishna, let alone for this earth, though they should kill me.
हे कृष्ण, तीनों लोकों के राज्य के लिए भी मैं इन्हें नहीं मारना चाहता, फिर इस धरती के लिए तो क्या, चाहे ये मुझे ही मार डालें।
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It is verse 35 of Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 47 verses in total.
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