Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair · Arjuna said

Bhagavad Gita 1.45 — Arjuna's regret

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥

aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam | yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ ||

Meaning

Alas, how strange that we have set out to commit a great sin, ready to kill our own people out of greed for kingdom and pleasure.

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