निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन |\nपापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ||१-३६||\nतस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् |\nस्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ||१-३७||
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana .\npāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ ||1-36||\ntasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān .\nsvajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava ||1-37||
O Maintainer of all living entities, what pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dhritarasthra? Even though they may be aggressors, sin will certainly come upon us if we slay them. Hence, it does not behoove us to kill our own cousins, the sons of Dhritarashtra, and friends. O Madhav (Krishna), how can we hope to be happy by killing our own kinsmen?