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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 39

Arjuna's Dejection

कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन

kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana

What does Bhagavad Gita 1.39 mean?

Should we not, whose eyes are open and who consider it wrong to annihilate our family, turn away from such a great crime?

Word-by-word meaning

katham—why · na—not · jñeyam—should be known · asmābhiḥ—we · pāpāt—from sin · asmāt—these · nivartitum—to turn away · kula-kṣhaya—killing the kindered · kṛitam—done · doṣham—crime · prapaśhyadbhiḥ—who can see · janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna

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