These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, O Madhusudana, even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; how much less for the sake of the earth.

etān = all these; na = never; hantuṃ = to kill; icchāmi = do I wish; ghnataḥ = being killed; api = even; madhusūdana = O killer of the demon Madhu (Krishna); api = even if; trailokya = of the three worlds; rājyasya = for the kingdom; hetoḥ = in exchange; kim nu = what to speak of; mahīkṛte = for the sake of the earth;