Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair · Arjuna said

Bhagavad Gita 1.37 — Not right to kill kin

तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ॥

tasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān | svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava ||

Meaning

So it is not right for us to kill our own kinsmen, the sons of Dhritarashtra. How can we be happy after killing our own people, Madhava?

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