1.37 तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव
tasmā
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)?
1.39 कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन
kathaṃ na jñeyam
Word meanings
katham—why;na—not;jñeyam—should be known;asmābhiḥ—we;pāpāt—from sin;asmāt—these;nivartitum—to turn away;kula-kṣhaya—killing the kindered;kṛitam—done;doṣham—crime;prapaśhyadbhiḥ—who can see;janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But, perceiving clearly the evil consequences ensuing from the ruin of the family, should we not have sense enough to refrain from this sinful act, O Janardana?
Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house, turn away from so great a crime?
Why should we not learn to shun this crime - we who see the evil of ruining a clan, O Krsna?
yet how can we who clearly see the evil arising from destroying the family remain unaware of (the need of) abstaining from this sin?
Why should not we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of a family, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.38 यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्
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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,
