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Chapter 1 · Verse 45Arjuna's Dilemma

Bhagavad Gita 1.45

BG 1.45 — Chapter 1 (Arjuna's Dilemma), Verse 45, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् | यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ||१-४५||

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aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam . yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ ||1-45||

Roman: aho bata mahatpapam kartum vyavasita vayam . yadrajyasukhalobhena hantum svajanamudyatah

. Alas!

. Alas! We are involved in a great sin, in that we are prepared to kill our kinsmen, through greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.