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कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् ।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥ १-३९॥


kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum
kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana 1-39


Why should not we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of the family-units, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana?


kathaṃ = why; na = should not; jñeyaṃ = be known; asmābhiḥ = by us; pāpāt = from sins; asmāt = these; nivartituṃ = to cease; kulakṣaya = in the destruction of a dynasty; kṛtaṃ = done; doṣaṃ = crime; prapaśyadbhiḥ = by those who can see; janārdana = O Krishna.;

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