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Verse 1.38
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
yady apy ete na paśhyanti lobhopahata-chetasaḥ kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ mitra-drohe cha pātakam
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 38
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Though they, with intelligence overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of families and no sin in hostility to friends,
A Reading - Rantideb
Arjuna observes that the enemy is blinded by greed, but he feels that his own awareness of the tragedy makes his participation even more culpable.
yadi apieven though
etethey
nanot
paśhyantisee
lobhagreed
upahataoverpowered
chetasaḥthoughts
kula-kṣhaya-kṛitamin annihilating their relatives
doṣhamfault
mitra-droheto wreak treachery upon friends
chaand
pātakamsin
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
1.38 यद्यपि though? एते these? न not? पश्यन्ति see? लोभोपहतचेतसः with intelligence overpowered by greed? कुलक्षयकृतम् in the destruction of families? दोषम् evil? मित्रद्रोहे in hostility to friends? च and? पातकम् sin.No Commentary.