Bhagavad Gita 1.36
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः।।
nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| nihatya | nihatya | by killing |
| dhārtarāṣhṭrān | dhārtarāṣhṭrān | the sons of Dhritarashtra |
| naḥ | naḥ | our |
| kā | kā | what |
| prītiḥ | prītiḥ | pleasure |
| syāt | syāt | will there be |
| janārdana | janārdana | he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna |
| pāpam | pāpam | vices |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| āśhrayet | āśhrayet | must come upon |
| asmān | asmān | us |
| hatvā | hatvā | by killing |
| etān | etān | all these |
| ātatāyinaḥ | ātatāyinaḥ | aggressors |
By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure could be ours, O Janardana? Only sin would accrue to us from killing these felons.
हे जनार्दन ! धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों की हत्या करके हमें क्या प्रसन्नता होगी? इन आततायियों को मारकर तो हमें केवल पाप ही लगेगा।