Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 38

यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्

yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ | kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam

Translation

Though these, whose intelligence is stricken by greed, perceive no evil in the extinction of families and no sin in treachery to friends, yet, O Janārdana, should not we, who clearly see evil in the extinction of a family, learn to refrain from this sinful deed?

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yadi

if

api

even

ete

these

na

not

paśyanti

see

lobhopahatacetasaḥ

by greed, carried away, mind, whose, they

kulakṣayakṛtam

of a family, by the destruction, made

doṣam

fault (evil)

mitradrohe

of friends, in hostility

ca

and

pātakam

crime