Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 45

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् । यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः

aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam | yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ

Translation

Alas! we have resolved to commit a great sin, inasmuch as we are endeavouring to slay our kinsmen out of a craving for the pleasures of dominion.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

aho

alas

bata

alas

mahat

great

pāpam

sin

kartum

to do

vyavasitāḥ

prepared

vayam

we

yat

(in) that

rājyasukhalobhena

of kingdom, of pleasure, by greed

hantum

to kill

svajanam

(our) own, relatives

udyatāḥ

uprisen