ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
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1.39 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
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Chapter 1 · Verse 39·Spoken by Arjuna
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन
kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana
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kathamwhynanotjñeyamshould be knownasmābhiḥwepāpātfrom sinasmātthesenivartitumto turn awaykula-kṣhayakilling the kinderedkṛitamdonedoṣhamcrimeprapaśhyadbhiḥwho can seejanārdanahe who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
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भाष्यCommentary
Reading set · 5 translations · 3 commentaries
Translation · 5 voices
- O Janardana, although these people, whose hearts have become perverted by greed, do not see the evil arising from destroying the family and sinning in hostility towards friends, yet how can we, who clearly see the evil arising from destroying the family, remain unaware of the need to abstain from this sin?
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
Why should we not learn to shun this crime—we who see the evil of ruining a clan, O Krishna?
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
But, perceiving clearly the evil consequences ensuing from the ruin of the family, should we not have sense enough to refrain from this sinful act, O Janardana?
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
Why should we not, who clearly see the evil in the destruction of families, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Should we not, whose eyes are open and who consider it wrong to annihilate our family, turn away from such a great crime?
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 1.26 through 1.47 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 1.26.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse; his Gita-bhashya begins at verse 2.11.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.