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यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतस: । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ।। १.३८ ।।
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्याभि: पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भि-र्जनार्दन ।। १.३९ ।।
yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ । kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakaṁ ।। 1.38 ।।
kathaṁ na jñeyamasyābhiḥ pāpādsmānnivartituṁ । kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir Janārdana ।। 1.39 ।।
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Even if these, assailed/gripped firmly as they are, see not the vice in leading to one’own lineage’s fall. and huge evil in tormenting the friends, and no sin in fostering enmity to friends, why should, O Janardana, we not perceive clearly evil in decline/extinction of families, desist from this colossal sin?
Note: How great and noble a line of thinking is Arjuna’s! It should lead every one to think alike, before any social act is taken up.
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