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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 36

Arjuna's Dejection

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 1.36 mean?

My Lord! What happiness can come from the death of these sons of Dhritarashtra? We shall be committing a sin if we kill these desperate men.

Word-by-word meaning

nihatya—by killing · dhārtarāṣhṭrān—the sons of Dhritarashtra · naḥ—our · kā—what · prītiḥ—pleasure · syāt—will there be · janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna · pāpam—vices · eva—certainly · āśhrayet—must come upon · asmān—us · hatvā—by killing · etān—all these · ātatāyinaḥ—aggressors ·

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