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Bhagavad Gita 1.36

Arjuna speaking to Krishna

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥

nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ

Slaying these sons of Dhritarâshtra, what pleasure can be ours, O Janârdana? Killing these desperadoes, sin will but take hold of us.

In plain words: Arjuna asks how they could ever be happy after killing Dhritarashtra's sons. Even though those cousins have done wrong, he says killing them would only bring sin upon himself and his brothers. Janardana is a name for Krishna.

Bhagavad Gita 1.36
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