Synonyms:

sanjayah–Sanjaya; uvaca–said; evam–thus; uktva–saying; arjunah–Arjuna; sankhye–in the battlefield; ratha–chariot; upasthe–situated on; upavisat–sat down again; visrjya–keeping aside; sa-saram–along with arrows; capam–the bow; soka–by lamentation; samvigna–distressed; manasah–within the mind.

Translation:

Sanjaya said:  Having thus spoken in the middle of the battlefield, Arjuna, casting away his bow and arrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow

Synonyms:

narake–in hell; niyatam–always; vasah–residence; bhavati–it so becomes; iti–thus; anususruma–I have heard by disciplic succession. aho–alas; bata–how strange it is; mahat–great; papam–sins; kartum–to perform; vyavasitah–decided; vayam–we; yat–so that; rajya–kingdom; sukha-lobhena–driven by greed for royal happiness; hantum–to kill; sva-janam–kinsmen; udyatah–trying for.

Translation:

We have heard, Janardana, that inevitable is the dwelling for an unknown period in hell for those men in whose families the religious practices have been destroyed! 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.

Synonyms:

utsanna–spoiled; kula-dharmanam–of those who have the family traditions; manusyanam–of such men; janardana–O Krsna; narake–in hell; niyatam–always; vasah–residence; bhavati–it so becomes; iti–thus; anususruma–I have heard by disciplic succession.

Translation:

O Krsna, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hell.

Synonyms:

dosaih–by such faults; etaih–all these; kula-ghnanam–of the destroyer of the family; varna-sankara–unwanted children; karakaih–by the doers; utsadyante–causes devastation; jati-dharmah–community projects; kula-dharmah–family traditions; ca–also; sasvatah–eternal. Translation:

Synonyms:

sankarah–such unwanted children; narakaya–for hellish life; eva–certainly; kula-ghnanam–of those who are killers of the family; kulasya–of the family; ca–also; patanti–fall down; pitarah–forefathers; hi–certainly; esam–of them; lupta–stopped; pinda–offerings; udaka–water; kriyah–performances.

Translation:

When there is increase of unwanted population, a hellish situation is created both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition. In such corrupt families, there is no offering of oblations of food and water to the ancestors.

Synonyms
adharma–irreligion; abhibhavat–having become predominant; krsna–O Krsna; pradusyanti–become polluted; kula-striyah–family ladies; strisu–of the womanhood; dustasu–being so polluted; varsneya–O descendant of Vrsni; jayate–it so becomes; varna-sankarah–unwanted progeny.

Translations
When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted progeny.

Synonyms:

kula-ksaye–in destroying the family; pranasyanti–becomes vanquished; kula-dharmah–the family traditions; sanatanah–eternal; dharme–in religion; naste–being destroyed; kulam–family; krtsnam–wholesale; adharmah–irreligious; abhibhavati–transforms; uta–it is said.

Translation:

With the destruction of dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and thus the rest of the family becomes involved in irreligious practice.

Synonyms:

katham–why; na–shall not; jneyam–know this; asmabhih–by us; papat–from sins; asmat–ourselves; nivartitum–to cease; kula-ksaya–the destruction of a dynasty; krtam–by so doing; dosam–crime; prapasyadbhih–by those who can see; janardana–O Krsna.

Translation:

Why should not we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of a family, learn to turn away from this sin, Janardana (Krishna)?

Synonyms

yadi–if; api–certainly; ete–they; na–do not; pasyanti–see; lobha–greed; upahata–overpowered; cetasah–the hearts; kula-ksaya–in killing the family; krtam–done; dosam–fault; mitra-drohe–quarreling with friends; ca–also; patakam–sinful reactions.

Translation

O Janardana, although these men, overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one’s family or quarreling with friends..

Synonyms:

tasmat–therefore; na–never; arhah–deserving; vayam–we; hantum–to kill; dhartarastran–the sons of Dhrtarastra; sa-bandhavan–along with friends; sva-janam–kinsmen; hi–certainly; katham–how; hatva–by killing; sukhinah–happy; syama–become; madhava–O Krsna, husband of the goddess of fortune.

Translation:

Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for, how can we be happy by killing our own people, Madhava (Krishna)?