यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः | कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ||१-३८||
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ . kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||1-38||
Chapter 1 · Verse 38
Arjuna Visada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग
In plain words
You are being asked to observe how greed can blind people to the destructive consequences of their actions. Arjuna points out that his opponents do not see the sin of destroying their own family because their minds are overpowered by selfishness. Their lack of jnana, or spiritual wisdom, leads them to ignore the terrible karma, or moral consequences, of betraying their friends and relatives.
Translation
1.38 Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of a clan and no sin in treachery to friends,
Meaning
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Word by word
यद्यपि though एते these न not पश्यन्ति see लोभोपहतचेतसः with intelligence overpowered by greed कुलक्षयकृतम् in the destruction of families दोषम् evil मित्रद्रोहे in hostility to friends च and पातकम् sin. No