Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 36
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन । पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana | pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ
Translation
O Janārdana, what delight shall be ours after killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra? On killing these felons, sin only will take hold of us.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- nihatya
- having slain
- dhārtarāṣṭrān
- sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- naḥ
- to us
- kā
- what
- prītiḥ
- pleasure
- syāt
- may be
- janārdana
- O Janārdana
- pāpam
- sin
- eva
- also
- āśrayet
- would attach
- asmān
- to us
- hatvā
- having killed
- etān
- these
- ātatāyinaḥ
- desperadoes