BG 1.36
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ।
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana
pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ
pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
janārdana — Kṛṣṇa; kā — what; prītiḥ — pleasure; syāt — will there be; naḥ — for us; nihatya — by killing; dhārtarāṣṭrān — the sons and followers of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; pāpam — sin; eva — alone; āśrayet — will be incurred; asmān — [by] us; hatvā — by killing; etān — these; ātatāyinaḥ — aggressors.
Translation
O Janārdana, what pleasure would we obtain by slaying the sons and followers of Dhṛtarāṣṭra? We would incur only sin by killing these aggressors.