dosair etaih: kula-ghnanam varna-sankara-karakaih:। tsadyante jati-dharmah: kula-dharmas cha sasvatah:॥ 1.43 ॥

Through these evils bringing about an intermixture of castes, the age long family traditions, Caste- traditions and family customs of the destroyers of the race get extinct.

utsanna-kula-dharmanam manushyanam janardana। narake niyatam vaso bhavatity anususruma॥ 1.44 ॥

Krishna, we hear that men who have lost their family-traditions, dwell in hell for an indefinite period of time.

aho bata mahat papam kartum vyavasita vayam। yad rajya-sukha-lobhena hantum sva-janam udyatah:॥ 1.45 ॥

Alas, Though possessed of intelligence we have set our mind on the commission of a great sin in that due to lust for throne and enjoyment we are intent on killing our own kinsmen.

yadi mam apratikaram ashastram shastra-panayah:। dhartarastra rane hanyus tan me kshemataram bhavet"॥ 1.46 ॥

It would be better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, armed with weapons, killed me in battle while I was unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.