Bhagavad Gita 1.45 — Aho Bata Mahat Papam — Complete Lyrics
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता १.४५ — अहो बत महत्पापम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।
यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः॥
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam
yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
Alas! How strange that we have resolved to commit a great sin, being prepared to slay our own kinsmen out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.
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