ahO bat mahat paapaM kartuM vyavasitaa vayaM
yad raajyasukhalObhEna hantuM
swajanamudyataaHa || 44 ||
Alas! What an irony that we have decided to
commit such grave sins such as killing our own kinsmen just for the pleasures
and greed of the kingdom.
Arjuna is taken aback by his own
decision to fight the war when he envisions the consequences of the war. He
thinks that for the sake of his own greed to win the pleasures of the kingdom
he had decided to kill his own relatives and friends in this war. By doing so
he thinks he would also be responsible for destruction of the families, society
and the civilization. Nothing would be greater sin then pushing a civilization
into chaos and anarchy.
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