Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 38

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 38

    यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yady apy ete na paśhyanti lobhopahata-chetasaḥ kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ mitra-drohe cha pātakam

    Translation

    Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of a clan and no sin in treachery to friends,
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