BG 1.37
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् ।
स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ॥
स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ॥
tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣṭrān sva-bāndhavān
sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava
sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava
Word-for-word meanings
tasmāt — therefore; na arhāḥ — [it] does not behoove; vayam — us; hantum — to kill; dhārtarāṣṭrān — the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; sva-bāndhavān — our own relatives; mādhava — O Kṛṣṇa; katham — how; hi — indeed; syāma — will we be; sukhinaḥ — happy; hatvā — by killing; sva-janam — our own kinsmen.
Translation
Therefore, it does not behoove us to kill the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, our own relatives. O Mādhava, how indeed could we be happy after killing our own kinsmen?