Word
ichchhāmi
Used in 6 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- I wish (5)
- I desire (1)
Every verse
- 1.35एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdanaThese I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth."Here: I wish
- 11.3एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvaraNow, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.Here: I desire
- 11.31आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपोākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpoTell me, who you are, so fierce of form. I offer my salutations to you, O God Supreme; have mercy on me. I desire to know you, the original Being. I do not indeed know…Here: I wish
- 11.46किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तkirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ chakra-hastamI desire to see You as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Your former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic Being.Here: I wish
- 13.1प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva chaArjuna said, "I wish to learn about Nature and the Spirit, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and that which ought to be known, O Kesava."Here: I wish
- 18.1संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditumArjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth of renunciation and abandonment severally, O slayer of Kesi."Here: I wish