Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief
Verse 38
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 38
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
Transliteration (IAST)
yady apy ete na paśhyanti lobhopahata-chetasaḥ kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ mitra-drohe cha pātakam
Translation
Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of a clan and no sin in treachery to friends,— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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