Chapter 1 · Verse 45

Arjuna's Dilemma

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः

aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ

Word Meanings

aho bata mahat pāpam kartum vyavasitāḥ vayam yat rājya-sukha-lobhena hantum sva-janam udyatāḥ

Alas, what a great sin we have resolved to commit, for driven by greed for royal pleasures, we are prepared to slay our own kinsmen!