Shrimad Bhagavad-gita
by Narayana Gosvami | 2013 | 327,105 words
The Bhagavad-gita Verse 1.44, English translation, including the Vaishnava commentaries Sarartha-varsini-tika, Prakashika-vritti and Rasika-ranjana (excerpts). This is verse 44 from the chapter 1 called “Sainya-Darshana (Observing the Armies)”
Verse 1.44
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.44:
अहो बत महत्-पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् |
यद् राज्य-सुख-लोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनम् उद्यताः || ४४ ||aho bata mahat-pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam |
yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṃ svajanam udyatāḥ || 44 ||aho–alas; bata–how lamentable; mahat–great; pāpam–sin; kartum–to do;vyavasitāḥ–being determined; vayam–we; yat rājya-sukha-lobhena–on account of greed for royal happiness; hantum–to slay; sva-janam–our own kinsmen; udyatāḥ–are prepared.
Alas! How regrettable it is that we are determined to engage in this great sin. Driven by greed for royal happiness, we are prepared to slay our own kinsmen.
Commentary:
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