Bhagavad Gita · 1.38-39
॥
Devanāgarī
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः ।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् ।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ |
kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||
kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum |
kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir janārdana ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यद्यपिyadyapialthough, even if.
एतेetethese, they.
न पश्यन्तिna paśyantido not see.
लोभोपहतचेतसःlobha-upahata-cetasaḥthose whose minds (cetas) are stricken (upahata) by greed (lobha).
कुलक्षयकृतम्kula-kṣaya-kṛtambrought about by the destruction of the family.
दोषम्doṣamevil, sin, fault, flaw.
मित्रद्रोहेmitra-drohein the betrayal of friends.
चcaand.
पातकम्pātakama sinful act, a grievous sin.
कथम्kathamhow, why.
न ज्ञेयम्na jñeyamshould [we] not know, should [we] not understand.
अस्माभिःasmābhiḥby us.
पापात् अस्मात्pāpāt asmātfrom this sin.
निवर्तितुम्nivartitumto abstain, to turn away, to withdraw.
कुलक्षयकृतम्kula-kṣaya-kṛtambrought about by the destruction of the family.
दोषम्doṣamevil, sin.
प्रपश्यद्भिःprapaśyadbhiḥby those who clearly see.
जनार्दनjanārdanaO Janārdana!
Translation
“O Janārdana, even if these men, whose minds are stricken by greed, see no evil in the destruction of their own family and no sin in the betrayal of friends, (38) why then should we, who clearly see all the evil that the destruction of the family brings, not turn away from this sin? (39)”
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