Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingनिहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन।
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः
nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana
pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaO Janardana, what happiness will we gain by killing the sons of Dhrtarastra? We will only incur sin by killing these wrongdoers.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
हे जनार्दन ! धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों की हत्या करके हमें क्या प्रसन्नता होगी? इन आततायियों को मारकर तो हमें केवल पाप ही लगेगा।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiनिहत्य धार्त राष्ट्रान् नः
का प्रीतिस् स्याज् जनार् दन
पाप मेवाश्र येदस्मान्
हत्वै ताना तता यिनः
॥ ३६ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthanihatyaby killing
dhārtarāṣhṭrānthe sons of Dhritarashtra
naḥour
kāwhat
prītiḥpleasure
syātwill there be
janārdanahe who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
pāpamvices
evacertainly
āśhrayetmust come upon
asmānus
hatvāby killing
etānall these
ātatāyinaḥaggressors
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA1.36What does Arjuna fear will cling to them after killing these aggressors?
O Janardana, what happiness will we gain by killing the sons of Dhrtarastra? We will only incur sin by killing these wrongdoers.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.