yady-apyete na paśyanti lobhopahata cetasaḥ |
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam || 38 ||
38. Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of a
clan and no blame in treachery to friends,
kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum |
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir janārdana || 39 ||
39. should we who see well the evil of destroying a family not know how to recoil from this crime,
O Krishna?
kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ |
dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo’bhibhavaty-uta || 40 ||
40. If the family is destroyed, its ancient traditions perish, and when traditions perish,
unrighteousness overtakes the whole clan.
