BG 1.39
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन
kathaṃ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ
pāpād asmān nivartitum
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṃ doṣaṃ
prapaśyadbhir janārdana
SYNONYMS
katham: why | na: not | jñeyam: learn | asmābhiḥ: we | pāpāt: crime | asmāt: from this | nivartitum: to shun | kula-kṣaya-kṛtam: of ruining a clan | doṣam: evil | prapaśyadbhiḥ: who see | janārdana: O Kṛṣṇa |
TRANSLATION
Why should we not learn to shun this crime—we who see the evil of ruining a clan, O Krishna?