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?— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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