1.36 निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān
Word meanings
nihatya—by killing;dhārtarāṣhṭrān—the sons of Dhritarashtra;naḥ—our;kā—what;prītiḥ—pleasure;syāt—will there be;janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna;pāpam—vices;eva—certainly;āśhrayet—must come upon;asmān—us;hatvā—by killing;etān—all these;ātatāyinaḥ—aggressors
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What joy would we gain by slaying Dhrtarastra's sons, O Janardana? Nothing but sin would take hold of us by slaying these desperadoes.
My Lord! What happiness can come from the death of these sons of Dhritarashtra? We shall sin if we kill these desperate men.
If we kill the sons of Dhrtarastra, what joy will be ours, O Krsna? Sin alone will accrue to us if we kill these murderous felons.
O Janardana, what happiness shall we derive by killing the sons of Dhritarashtra? Sin alone will accrue to us by killing these felons.
By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure can be ours, O Janardana? Only sin will accrue by killing these felons.
1.38 यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्
yady
Word meanings
yadi api—even though;ete—they;na—not;paśhyanti—see;lobha—greed;upahata—overpowered;chetasaḥ—thoughts;kula-kṣhaya-kṛitam—in annihilating their relatives;doṣham—fault;mitra-drohe—to wreak treachery upon friends;cha—and;pātakam—sin
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Of course, these (Dhrtarastra's sons), with their intellects overpowered by greed, do not see the evil consequences ensuing from the ruin of the family and the sin of cheating friends.
Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends,
Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of a clan and no sin in treachery to friends,
O Janardana, although these people, whose hearts have become perverted by greed, do not see the evil arising from destroying the family and sin in hostility towards friends,
Though they, with intelligence overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of families, and no sin in hostility to friends,
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.37 तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव
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Word meanings
tasmāt—hence;na—never;arhāḥ—behoove;vayam—we;hantum—to kill;dhārtarāṣhṭrān—the sons of Dhritarashtra;sva-bāndhavān—along with friends;sva-janam—kinsmen;hi—certainly;katham—how;hatvā—by killing;sukhinaḥ—happy;syāma—will we become;mādhava—Shree Krishna, the husband of Yogmaya
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, we should not slay Dhrtarastra's sons, our own relatives. How could we be truly happy, O Madhava, after slaying our own kinsmen?
We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?
Therefore, it is not befitting that we slay our kin, the sons of Dhrtarastra. For if we kill our kinsmen, O Krsna, how indeed can we be happy?
Therefore, it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dhritarashtra who are our own relatives. For, O Madhava, how can we be happy by killing our kinsmen?
Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for, how can we be happy by killing our own people, O Madhava (Krishna)?
