BG - 1.36

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः।।1.36।।

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

• 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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Translation

By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure could be ours, O Janardana? Only sin would accrue to us from killing these felons.

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