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Verse 1.37
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣhṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava
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Chapter 1, Verse 37
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for how can we be happy by killing our own kin, O Madhava (Krishna)?
A Reading - Rantideb
The conclusion that killing relatives cannot lead to happiness is a logical deduction based on his current, limited framework of understanding.
tasmāthence
nanever
arhāḥbehoove
vayamwe
hantumto kill
dhārtarāṣhṭrānthe sons of Dhritarashtra
sva-bāndhavānalong with friends
sva-janamkinsmen
hicertainly
kathamhow
hatvāby killing
sukhinaḥhappy
syāmawill we become
mādhavaShree Krishna, the husband of Yogmaya
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
1.37 तस्मात् therefore? न (are) not? अर्हाः justified? वयम् we? हन्तुम् to kill? धार्तराष्ट्रान् the sons of Dhritarashtra? स्वबान्धवान् our relatives? स्वजनम् kinsmen? हि indeed? कथम् how? हत्वा having killed? सुखिनः happy? स्याम may (we) be? माधव O Madhava.No Commentary.