Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 5
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 5

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान्
श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके।
हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव
भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्।।2.5।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 2.5)
।।2.5।।महानुभाव गुरुजनोंको न मारकर मैं भिक्षाका अन्न खाना भी श्रेष्ठ समझता हूँ। गुरुजनोंको मारकर यहाँ रक्तसे सने हुए तथा धनकी कामनाकी मुख्यतावाले भोगोंको ही तो भोगूँगा


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

It may be argued: That without slaying them it would  not  be  possible  for
Arjuna to even maintain his own body. So Arjuna is responding  that  without
slaying his superiors like  Bhishma  and  Drona  which  bars  one  from  the
heavenly kingdoms it would be better to live in  this  world  even  on  food
obtained by begging without causing the death of  anyone.  Otherwise  misery
will be the result not only in the next life but even in the present  Arjuna
was stating he would be experiencing  the  miseries  of  hellish  existence.
This is verified by Arjuna  saying that  by  slaying  elders  and  superiors
even in the present life all the  spoils  he  would  be  enjoying  would  be
tainted with their blood.

Another interpretation is that the word arthakaman  may  be  also  taken  as
qualifying the elders and superiors. These elders being  consumed  by  greed
of wealth are not likely to refrain from war. Therefore they  will  have  to
be slain. Bhishma for an example spoke to King Yudhisthira saying: Man is  a
slave to wealth but wealth is the slave of no man,  this  is  the  truth.  O
Emperor I am bound to the Kauravas by the acceptance of wealth.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
There is no commentary for this verse.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
There is no commentary for this verse.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
It may be further submitted that although Bhishma and Drona are both  always
to be respected, but as they  are  superiors  and  perceptors  to  both  the
Pandavas and the Kauravas they should all be looked after equally  regarding
aquisition and preservation. Why should Bhishma  and  Drona  fight  for  the
unlawful kingdom of the Kauravas on the side of the  wicked  Duryodhana?  It
appears that  being devoid of discrimination of  what  should  be  done  and
what should not be done have gone afoul of righteousness and thus  according
to Vedic scriptures have the right to be slain. Bishma  himself  has  stated
that a  superior   who  is  degraded  by  these  qualities  deserves  to  be
abandoned. To this Arjuna is replying that  refraining  from  slaying  great
souls it is better to live in this world by begging alms as by this  no  sin
will be incurred to reap in the next life. But if as Arjuna states they  are
great souls then how can they be degraded and if they are degraded  how  can
they be considered great souls and hence there abandonment  is  proper.  One
who is inferior  should normally never even think of abandoning a  preceptor
otherwise one will perish out of folly. But Bhismas statement  that  a  man
is slave to wealth but  wealth  is  slave  to  no  man;  therefore   due  to
accepting wealth he was controlled by the  Kauravas.  So  this  proves  that
controlled by wealth and not righteousness and thus slaying them  incurs  no
sin. But to this Arjuna states that by slaying  elders  we  may  undoubtedly
enjoy some pleasures in this world but  these  pleasures  would  be  tainted
with blood as they are derived from the  sin of slaying superiors.