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Bhagavad Gītā 1.39

BG 1.39

कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन

kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana

Should we not, whose eyes are open and who consider it wrong to annihilate our family, turn away from such a great crime?

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Why should we not, who clearly see the evil in the destruction of families, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

katham—why; na—not; jñeyam—should be known; asmābhiḥ—we; pāpāt—from sin; asmāt—these; nivartitum—to turn away; kula-kṣhaya—killing the kindered; kṛitam—done; doṣham—crime; prapaśhyadbhiḥ—who can see; janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 1.39, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/1.39), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense)

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