तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् | स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ||१-३७||
tasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān . svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava ||1-37||
- tasmāt
- therefore
- na
- never
- arhāḥ
- deserving
- vayam
- we
- hantum
- to kill
- dhārtarāṣṭrān
- the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- sa-bāndhavān
- along with friends
- sva-janam
- kinsmen
- hi
- certainly
- katham
- how
- hatvā
- by killing
- sukhinaḥ
- happy
- syāma
- will we become
- mādhava
- O Kṛṣṇa, husband of the goddess of fortune
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?