अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् |\nयद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ||१-४५||\nयदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः |\nधार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ||१-४६||
aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam .\nyadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ ||1-45||\nyadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ .\ndhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet ||1-46||
Alas! How strange it is that we have set our mind to perform this great sin with horrifying consequences. Driven by the desire for kingly pleasures, we are intent on killing our own kinsmen. It would be better if, with weapons in hand, the sons of Dhritarashtra kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.