BG 1.38-39
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् ।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam
kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir janārdana
Word-for-word meanings
api — even; yadi — though; ete — they; cetasaḥ — their minds; upahata — overpowered; lobha — [by] greed; na paśyanti — do not see; doṣam — the evil; kula-kṣaya-kṛtam — in the destruction of the family; ca — and; pātakam — the sin; mitra-drohe — in treason to friends; katham — why; na jñeyam — should it not be known; asmābhiḥ — by us; janārdana — O Kṛṣṇa; prapaśyadbhiḥ — who see clearly; doṣam — the evil; kula-kṣaya-kṛtam — in the destruction of the family; nivartitum — to refrain; asmāt — from this; pāpāt — sin.
Translation
Even though they, their minds overpowered by greed, see no evil in destroying their own family and no sin in treason to friends, why should we, O Janārdana, who see clearly the evil of destroying one’s family, not know to avoid this sin?