The Gita according to Gandhi 204

The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

DISCOURCE 1 37. It does not therefore behove us to kill our kinsmen, these sons of Dhritarashtra. How may we be happy, O Madhava, in killing our own kins? 38. Even though these, their wits warped by greed, see not the guilt that lies in destroying the family, nor the sin of treachery to comrades; 39. How can we, O Janardana, help recoiling from this sin, seeing clearly as we do the guilt that lies in such destruction? 40. With the destruction of the family perish the eternal family virtues, and with the perishing of these virtues unrighteousness seizes the whole family. 41. When unrighteousness prevails, O Krishna, the women of the family become corrupt, and their corruption, O Varshneya, causes a confusion of varnas.