I can scarcely say which will be better, that we should conquer them or that they should conquer us. Even the sons of Dhritarashtra, after slaying whom we do not wish to live, stand facing us.

na = nor; ca = also; etat = this; vidmaḥ = do we know; katarat = which; naḥ = for us; garīyaḥ = better; yadvā = whether; jayema = we may conquer; yadi = if; vā = or; naḥ = us; jayeyuḥ = they conquer; yān = those who; eva = certainly; hatvā = by killing; na = never; jijīviṣāmaḥ = we would want to live; te = all of them; avasthitāḥ = are situated; pramukhe = in the front; dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ = the sons of Dhritarashtra.;