कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् | कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ||१-३९||
kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum . kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana ||1-39||
- katham
- why
- na
- should not
- jñeyam
- be known
- asmābhiḥ
- by us
- pāpāt
- from sins
- asmāt
- these
- nivartitum
- to cease
- kula-kṣaya
- in the destruction of a dynasty
- kṛtam
- done
- doṣam
- crime
- prapaśyadbhiḥ
- by those who can see
- janārdana
- O Kṛṣṇa
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?