BG - 1.45

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।

aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ

• aho - alas
• bata - how
• mahat - great
• pāpam - sins
• kartum - to perform
• vyavasitāḥ - have decided
• vayam - we
• yat - because
• rājya-sukha-lobhena - driven by the desire for kingly pleasure
• hantum - to kill
• sva-janam - kinsmen
• udyatāḥ - intending
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Translation

Alas! We are involved in a great sin, for we are prepared to kill our kinsmen, out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.

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