तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् | स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ||१-३७||
tasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān . svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava ||1-37||
Chapter 1 · Verse 37
Arjuna Visada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग
In plain words
You are being guided to seek true happiness by refusing to harm those bound to you by love. Arjuna pleads that slaying his own kinsmen cannot bring any real joy. He feels that violating his family dharma, or moral duty, for temporary power is a mistake, as true peace cannot be achieved when your mind is clouded by maya, the illusion of worldly attachment.
Translation
1.37 Therefore, it is not befitting that we slay our kin, the sons of Dhrtarastra. For if we kill our kinsmen, O Krsna, how indeed can we be happy?
Meaning
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Word by word
तस्मात् therefore न (are) not अर्हाः justified वयम् we हन्तुम् to kill धार्तराष्ट्रान् the sons of Dhritarashtra स्वबान्धवान् our relatives स्वजनम् kinsmen हि indeed कथम् how हत्वा having killed सुखिनः happy स्याम may (we) be माधव O Madhava. No