Chapter 1, Verse 36
Text
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन | पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ||१-३६||
Transliteration
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana . pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ ||1-36||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
1.36. By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure can be ours, O Janardana? Only sin will accrue to us from killing these felons.
In English by Swami Sivananda
1.36 निहत्य having slain, धार्तराष्ट्रान् sons of Dhritarashtra, नः to us, का what, प्रीतिः pleasure, स्यात् may be, जनार्दन O Janardana, पापम् sin, एव only, आश्रयेत् would take hold, अस्मान् to us, हत्वा having killed, एतान् these, आततायिनः felons.Commentary Janardana means one who is worshipped by all for prosperity and salvation -- Krishna.He who sets fire to the house of another, who gives poision, who runs with sword to kill, who has plundered wealth and lands, and who has taken hold of the wife of somody else is an atatayi. Duryodhana had done all these evil actions.