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निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः।।1.36।।

nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 36
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure could be ours, O Janardana? Only sin would accrue to us from killing these felons.

A Reading - Rantideb

The fear of incurring sin introduces a legal/moral constraint that overrides his duty as a warrior. He is caught between conflicting operational protocols.

nihatyaby killing
dhārtarāṣhṭrānthe sons of Dhritarashtra
naḥour
kāwhat
prītiḥpleasure
syātwill there be
janārdanahe who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
pāpamvices
evacertainly
āśhrayetmust come upon
asmānus
hatvāby killing
etānall these
ātatāyinaḥaggressors

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
1.36 निहत्य having slain? धार्तराष्ट्रान् sons of Dhritarashtra? नः to us? का what? प्रीतिः pleasure? स्यात् may be? जनार्दन O Janardana? पापम् sin? एव only? आश्रयेत् would take hold? अस्मान् to us? हत्वा having killed? एतान् these? आततायिनः felons.Commentary Janardana means one who is worshipped by all for prosperity and salvation -- Krishna.He who sets fire to the house of another? who gives poision? who runs with sword to kill? who has plundered wealth and lands? and who has taken hold of the wife of somody else is an atatayi. Duryodhana had done all these evil actions.