Bhagavad Gita 1.37
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
tasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān| svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava||1.37||
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- तस्मात्
- therefore
- न
- not
- अर्हाः
- proper/right (for us)
- वयम्
- we
- हन्तुम्
- to kill
- धार्तराष्ट्रान्
- the sons of Dhritarashtra
- स्वबान्धवान्
- our own kinsmen
- स्वजनम्
- our own people/family
- हि
- indeed
- कथम्
- how
- हत्वा
- having killed
- सुखिनः
- happy
- स्याम
- we could be/become
- माधव
- O Madhava (Krishna)
Commentary
Therefore it is not proper for us to kill our own kinsmen, the sons of Dhritarashtra. For how, O Madhava! shall we be happy after killing our own relatives?
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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