Chapter 1, Verse 36
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः।।1.36।।
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana | pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ ||1.36||
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- निहत्य
- having killed
- धार्तराष्ट्रान्
- the sons of Dhritarashtra
- नः
- for us
- का
- what
- प्रीतिः
- joy/satisfaction
- स्यात्
- would there be
- जनार्दन
- O Janardana (Krishna)
- पापम्
- sin
- एव
- only/indeed
- आश्रयेत्
- would take refuge in / would cling to
- अस्मान्
- us
- हत्वा
- having killed
- एतान्
- these
- आततायिनः
- aggressors/those who have taken up arms against us
Commentary
What joy shall be ours, O Ganardana! after killing Dhritarashtra's sons? Killing these felons we shall only incur sin.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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निहत्य
धार्तराष्ट्रान्
नः
का
प्रीतिः
स्यात्
जनार्दन
पापम्
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हत्वा
एतान्
आततायिनः
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