sañjaya uvācha
evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśhat
visṛijya sa-śharaṁ chāpaṁ śhoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ||47||

Meaning : Sañjaya said:
Thus speaking, Arjuna, standing by his chariot at the battlefield,
let go of his bow and arrow and sat down, his mind overwhelmed with sorrow.

aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam
yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ||45||

yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ
dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet||46||

Meaning : Oh, what a great sin we are about to commit, driven by greed for the kingdom and pleasure, by trying to kill our own relatives.If the sons of Dhritarashtra kill me unarmed and defenseless in battle, that would be better for me.

utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣhyāṇāṁ janārdana
narake ‘niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśhuśhruma||44||

Meaning : O Janardana, we have heard that when the family duties of human beings are destroyed, their dwelling place becomes certain hell.

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha
patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ||43|| 

Meaning : When family traditions are destroyed, and confusion spreads, it leads the family and its destroyers to hell. Their ancestors fall from their place because the offerings of food and water are no longer given to them

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha
patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ||42|| 

Meaning : This unwanted mixing leads the family and its destroyers to hell; their ancestors fall, deprived of ritual offerings of food and water.

adharmābhibhavāt kṛiṣhṇa praduṣhyanti kula-striyaḥ
strīṣhu duṣhṭāsu vārṣhṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ||41|| 

Meaning : O Krishna, when unrighteousness prevails, the women of the family become corrupt, and with the corruption of women, unwanted progeny (social confusion) arises.

kula-kṣhaye praṇaśhyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
dharme naṣhṭe kulaṁ kṛitsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta ||40||                        

Meaning : With the destruction of the family, the eternal family duties are lost; and when dharma is lost, the entire family is overcome by adharma (unrighteousness).

yady apy ete na paśhyanti lobhopahata-chetasaḥ
kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ mitra-drohe cha pātakam||38||

kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum
kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana||39||

Meaning : Even though these people, with their minds overpowered by greed, do not see the wrong in destroying families or the sin in betraying friends,O Janardana, why shouldn’t we, who clearly see the evil in family destruction, learn to turn away from this sinful act?

nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana
pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ||36||

tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣhṭrān sa-bāndhavān
sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava||37||

Meaning : What joy would we gain, O Janardana (Krishna), by killing the sons of Dhritarashtra? Killing these aggressors would only make us sinners.
Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra along with their family and friends. How could we ever be happy after killing our own people, O Madhava?

āchāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva cha pitāmahāḥ
mātulāḥ śhvaśhurāḥ pautrāḥ śhyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā||34||

etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana
api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite||35||

Meaning : There are teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, brothers-in-law, grandsons, and other relatives here.
Even though I am a fighter, O Madhusudana (Krishna), I do not wish to kill them, especially for the sake of a kingdom in this world.