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vepathuś ca śarīre me roma-harṣaś ca jāyate gāṇḍīvaḿ sraḿsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.29 My whole body is trembling, my hair is standing on end, my bow Gandiva is slipping from my hand,...

na ca śaknomy avasthātuḿ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.30 I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I see only...

na ca śreyo ‘nupaśyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave na kāńkṣe vijayaḿ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaḿ sukhāni ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.31 I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I,...

kiḿ no rājyena govinda kiḿ bhogair jīvitena vā yeṣām arthe kāńkṣitaḿ no rājyaḿ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca ta ime ‘vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāḿs tyaktvā dhanāni ca ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ mātulāḥ...

pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ tasmān nārhā vayaḿ hantuḿ dhārtarāṣṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaḿ hi kathaḿ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.36 Sin will overcome us if we slay such...

yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaḿ doṣaḿ mitra-drohe ca pātakam kathaḿ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣaya-kṛtaḿ doṣaḿ prapaśyadbhir janārdana   Translation of...

kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣṭe kulaḿ kṛtsnam adharmo ‘bhibhavaty uta Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.39 With the destruction of dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and...

adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-sańkaraḥ   Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.40 When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krishna, the women of the family...

sańkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāḿ kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy eṣāḿ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.41 An increase of unwanted population certainly causes hellish life both for the family and for those...

doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāḿ varṇa-sańkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.42 By the evil deeds of those who destroy the family tradition and thus give rise to...