यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः |\nकुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ||१-३८||\nकथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् |\nकुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ||१-३९||
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ .\nkulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||1-38||\nkathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum .\nkulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana ||1-39||
Their thoughts are overpowered by greed and they see no wrong in annihilating their relatives or wreaking treachery upon friends. Yet, O Janardan (Krishna), why should we, who can clearly see the crime in killing our kindred, not turn away from this sin?