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Verse 1.45
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 45
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Alas! We are involved in a great sin, for we are prepared to kill our kinsmen, out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.
A Reading - Rantideb
His lament that they are preparing to commit a 'great sin' driven by greed is the final summary of his despair. He sees the whole endeavor as a fatal miscalculation.
ahoalas
batahow
mahatgreat
pāpamsins
kartumto perform
vyavasitāḥhave decided
vayamwe
yatbecause
rājya-sukha-lobhenadriven by the desire for kingly pleasure
hantumto kill
sva-janamkinsmen
udyatāḥintending
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
1.45 अहो बत alas? महत् great? पापम् sin? कर्तुम् to do? व्यवसिताः prepared? वयम् we? यत् that? राज्यसुखलोभेन by the greed of pleasure of kingdom? हन्तुम् to kill? स्वजनम् kinsmen? उद्यताः prepared.No Commentary.