Bhagavad Gita · 1.45
॥
Devanāgarī
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।
यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam |
yad rājyasukhalobhena hantuṁ svajanam udyatāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अहो बतaho bataalas! what a woe! how dreadful!
महत् पापम्mahat pāpama great sin.
कर्तुम्kartumto commit.
व्यवसिताःvyavasitāḥwe have resolved, we have set our minds.
वयम्vayamwe.
यत्yatbecause.
राज्यसुखलोभेनrājya-sukha-lobhenaout of greed (lobha) for the pleasures (sukha) of kingship (rājya).
हन्तुम्hantumto slay.
स्वजनम्svajanamour own kinsmen.
उद्यताःudyatāḥwe were ready, we set out.
Translation
“Alas! What a great sin we have resolved to commit! Out of greed for the pleasures of kingship we were ready to slay our own kinsmen!”
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