SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA - Esamskriti.com

adopt the method of renunciation in times of great sorrow and crisis bordering onescapism from the reality.yeshaam arthe kaangkshitam no raajyam bhogaah sukhaani chata ime'vasthitaa yuddhe praanaams tyaktwaa dhanaani cha // 1.33 //Those for whose sake we desire kingdoms, enjoyments and pleasures, stand here inbattle staking their life and wealth.aachaaryah pitarah putraastathaiva cha pitaamahaahmaatulaah shwashuraah pautraah shyaalaah sambandhinas tathaa // 1.34 //Teachers, fathers, sons and also grandfathers, uncles and fathers-in-law, grandsonsand brothers-in-law and other relativesetaan na hantum icchaami ghnato'pi madhusoodanaapi trailokya raajyasya hetoh kim nu maheekrite // 1.35 //O, Madhusudana (Krishna), though these were to kill me, I do not wish to kill themeven for the sake of dominion over the three worlds, leave alone killing them for thesake of the earth.nihatya dhaartaraashtraan nah kaa preetih syaaj janaardanapaapam evaashrayed asmaan hatwaitaan aatataayinah // 1.36 //By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasures can be ours O, Janardana(Krishna)? Only sin will accrue by killing these felons.The term `felon' refers to the one who sets fire to the house of another, runs with asword to kill, poisons others, plunders the wealth and land of others or usurps the wifeof somebody else. Duryodhana committed all these crimes against the Pandavas.According to Artha Sastra no sin is committed if such felons are killed. But Arjunaoverwhelmed with a sense of sentimental sympathy for his near and dear ones takesthe help of the general principle of Dharma Sastra which forbids the sin of killing oneanother. He is talking in terms of enlightened selfishness.tasmaan naarhaa vayam hantum dhaartaraashtraan swabaandhavaanswajanam hi katham hatwaa sukhinah syaama maadhava // 1.37 //Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for, how can webe happy by killing our own people, O, Madhava (Krishna)?yadyapyete na pashyanti lobhopahatachetasahkulakshayakritam dosham mitradrohe cha paatakam // 1.38 //katham na jneyam asmaabhih paapaad asmaan nivartitumkulakshayakritam dosham prapashyadbhir janaardana // 1.39 //O Janardana, though with their intelligence overpowered by greed they do not seeany evil or sin in the destruction of families or hostility towards friends, why should