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निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन । पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः॥६-२३-३६॥
Having eliminated the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, what satisfaction could be ours, O Janārdana? Even if they are aggressors, wrongdoing alone would attach to us by eliminating them.
english translation
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्सबान्धवान् । स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव॥६-२३-३७॥
Therefore, we are not fit to undertake the killing of the Dhārtarāṣṭras together with their relatives. For how, O Mādhava, could we be happy after causing the death of our own people?
english translation
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्॥६-२३-३८॥
Even if these people, with minds impaired by greed, do not perceive the fault produced by the destruction of the family line, nor the moral transgression involved in betrayal of allies and friends—
english translation
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन॥६-२३-३९॥
How could it not be known to us that we should turn away from wrongdoing—when we clearly perceive the fault that arises from the destruction of the family line, O Janārdana?
english translation
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः । धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत॥६-२३-४०॥
With the destruction of the family line, the perennial family-ordinances are lost. When dharma is lost, the entire family is then overcome by adharma.
english translation