BG - 1.37

तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।

tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣhṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava

• tasmāt - hence
• na - never
• arhāḥ - behoove
• vayam - we
• hantum - to kill
• dhārtarāṣhṭrān - the sons of Dhritarashtra
• sva-bāndhavān - along with friends
• sva-janam - kinsmen
• hi - certainly
• katham - how
• hatvā - by killing
• sukhinaḥ - happy
• syāma - will we become
• mādhava - Shree Krishna, the husband of Yogmaya

Translation

Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for how can we be happy by killing our own kin, O Madhava (Krishna)?

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