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अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।
यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥१-४५॥

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Transliteration

aho bata mahatpaapaM kartuM wyawasitaa wayam ।

yadraajyasukhalobhena hantuM swajanamudyataaH ॥१-४५॥

Translation

Alas! We have undetaken to commit great sin,
Because, out of greed for kingdom, pleasure, [we are] prepared to kill our own people.

Translation

Alas! We are ready to commit a great sin by striving to slay our kinsmen because of greed for the pleasures of the kingdom.

Translation

I would consider it better for the sons of Dhrtarastra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than to fight with them.