1.45
Chapter 1, Verse 45
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः৷৷
ahō bata mahatpāpaṅ kartuṅ vyavasitā vayam. yadrājyasukhalōbhēna hantuṅ svajanamudyatāḥ৷৷
Translation
Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
अहो बत alas, महत् great, पापम् sin, कर्तुम् to do, व्यवसिताः prepared, वयम् we, यत् that, राज्यसुखलोभेन by the greed of pleasure of kingdom, हन्तुम् to kill, स्वजनम् kinsmen, उद्यताः prepared. Commentary: No Commentary.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.