क्षत्रियाणामयं धर्म: प्रजापतिविनिर्मित: । भ्रातापि भ्रातरं हन्याद् येन घोरतमस्तत: ॥ ४० ॥
kṣatriyāṇām ayaṁ dharmaḥ prajāpati-vinirmitaḥ bhrātāpi bhrātaraṁ hanyād yena ghoratamas tataḥ
- kṣatriyāṇām
- of warriors
- ayam
- this
- dharmaḥ
- code of sacred duty
- prajāpati
- by the original progenitor, Lord Brahmā
- vinirmitaḥ
- established
- bhrātā
- a brother
- api
- even
- bhrātaram
- his brother
- hanyāt
- has to kill
- yena
- by which (code)
- ghora-tamaḥ
- most terrible
- tataḥ
- therefore
[Turning to Rukmiṇī, Balarāma continued:] The code of sacred duty for warriors established by Lord Brahmā enjoins that one may have to kill even his own brother. That is indeed a most dreadful law.