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THE MAHABHARATA
न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥
न कांक्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।
कि नो राज्येन गोविन्द कि भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥
स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनस्स्याम माधव ।
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।
यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥'
" Krishna ! seeing these kinsmen of ours
come with the desire to fight, my limbs
fail, my mouth becomes parched, the
Gandiva slips from my hand, my
skin burns and I am not able to stand
firm; my mind seems to whirl. Krishna !
I do not wish for victory, or kingdom, or
happiness; of what use is the kingdom
to us, or pleasures or even life? How can
we be happy, Krishna, after killing our
own kinsmen ? Alas! we have resolved to
commit a great sin, we who are out to
kill our own kinsmen though our avarice
for the pleasures of a kingdom."