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၁၂ ဇူလိုင်လ  သည်  မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂ ရာစုတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂ ရာစုတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂
[Ch. 1]
should he risk his life and eternal salvation by killing his own kinsmen? Arjuna’s addressing of Kṛṣṇa as “Mādhava,” or the husband of the goddess of fortune, is also significant in this connection. He wanted to point out to Kṛṣṇa that, as husband of the goddess of fortune, He should not have to induce Arjuna to take up a matter which would ultimately bring about misfortune. Kṛṣṇa, however, never brings misfortune to anyone, to say nothing of His devotees.
TEXTS 37-38
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः । 
    कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥ ३७ ॥ 
    कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् । 
    कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥३८॥
yadyapy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir janārdana
yadi —if;  api —certainly;  ete —they;  na —do not;  paśyanti —see;  lobha —greed;  upahata —overpowered;  cetasaḥ —the hearts;  kula-kṣaya —in killing the family;  kṛtam —done;  doṣam —fault;  mitra-drohe —quarreling with friends;  ca —also;  pātakam —sinful reactions;  katham —why;  na —shall not;  jñeyam —know this;  asmābhiḥ —by us;  pāpāt —from sins;  asmāt —ourselves;  nivartitum —to cease;  kula-kṣaya —the destruction of a dynasty;  kṛtam —by so doing;  doṣam —crime;  prapaśyadbhiḥ —by those who can see;  janārdana —O Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
O Janārdana, although these men, overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one's family or quarreling with friends, why should we, with knowledge of the sin, engage in these acts?