यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः | कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ||१-३८||
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ . kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||1-38||
- yadi
- if
- api
- even
- ete
- they
- na
- do not
- paśyanti
- see
- lobha
- by greed
- upahata
- overpowered
- cetasaḥ
- their hearts
- kula-kṣaya
- in killing the family
- kṛtam
- done
- doṣam
- fault
- mitra-drohe
- in quarreling with friends
- ca
- also
- pātakam
- sinful reactions
O Janārdana, although these men, their hearts overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one’s family or quarreling with friends, why should we, who can see the crime in destroying a family, engage in these acts of sin?