Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 39

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 39

    कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana

    Translation

    Corrected: Why should we not learn to shun this crime—we who see the evil of ruining a clan, O Krishna?
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