Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 39
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन
kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum | kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana
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
- katham
- how
- na
- not
- jñeyam
- to be known
- asmābhiḥ
- by us
- pāpāt
- from sin
- asmāt
- (from) this
- nivartitum
- to turn away
- kulakṣayakṛtam
- caused by the destruction of a family
- doṣam
- evil
- prapaśyadbhiḥ
- by the seeing (by us who see)
- janārdana
- O Janārdana