निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन | पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ||१-३६||
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana . pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ ||1-36||
- nihatya
- by killing
- dhārtarāṣṭrān
- the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- naḥ
- our
- kā
- what
- prītiḥ
- pleasure
- syāt
- will there be
- janārdana
- O maintainer of all living entities
- pāpam
- vices
- eva
- certainly
- āśrayet
- must come upon
- asmān
- us
- hatvā
- by killing
- etān
- all these
- ātatāyinaḥ
- aggressors
Sin will overcome us if we slay such aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and our friends. What should we gain, O Kṛṣṇa, husband of the goddess of fortune, and how could we be happy by killing our own kinsmen?