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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 45 (1.45) means: How terrible, that we are set on a great wrong, ready to kill our own people out of greed for the pleasures of a throne.
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
How terrible, that we are set on a great wrong, ready to kill our own people out of greed for the pleasures of a throne.
कितने दुःख की बात है कि हम एक बड़ा पाप करने पर उतारू हैं, राज-सुख के लोभ में अपने ही लोगों को मारने को तैयार।
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It is verse 45 of Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 47 verses in total.
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