BG - 1.39

कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।

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

• 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

Translation

Why should we not, who clearly see the evil in the destruction of families, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?

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