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Strinam mad hatabandhunam droho ya asou iha uttithah
Karmabhi grihamedhiair na aham kalpo byapahitam.
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Strinam—of the woman, Mad—by me, Hatabandhunam—of the friends who are killed, Droho—enmity, Ya—that, Asou—all those, Iha—here with, Uttitham—has accrued, Karmabhi—by dint of work, Grihamedhiair—by the persons engaged in the matter of material welfare, Na—never, Aham—I, Kalpo—can expect, Byapohitum—undoing the same.
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I have killed many friends of the women folk and thereof I have caused enmity to the highest peak which is not possible to be undone by such welfare work as are done by the material welfare workers.
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The Grihamedhis are those whose only business is to perform welfare work for the sake of material prosperity. Such material prosperity is sometimes hampered by sinful activities and the materialist is sure to commit sins, even unintentionally, in course of discharging material duties. To get relief from such sinful reactions, the Vedas prescribe several kinds of sacrifices to counteract the sinful acts. It is said in the Vedas that by performing Aswamedha (Horse sacrifice) Yajna one can get relief from even Brahmahatya (killing of a Brahmin).
#$p#Yudhisthir Maharaj performed this Aswamedha Yajna but he thinks even performing such Yajnas it is not possible to get relief from the great sins committed by him in the matter of killing the friends and relatives of the innocent women folk. In the war either the husband, or the brother or even the father or sons of the women folk go to fight. And when they are killed a fresh enmity is created with them and thus the chain of actions and reactions increase which is not possible to be counteracted even by thousands of Aswamedha Yajnas.
#$p#The way of work (Karma) is like that. It creates one action and another reaction simultaneously and thus increases the chain of material activities binding the performer in the material bondage. In the Bhagwat Geeta (B.G. 9/27-28) the remedy is suggested that such actions and reactions of the path of work can be checked up only when such work is done on behalf of the Supreme Lord. The battle of Kurukshetra was actually fought on the Will of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna as it is evident from His version and by His will only Yudhisthir was replaced on the throne of Hasthinapur. Therefore, factually no sin whatsoever touched the Pandavas who were only the order carrier of the Lord. For others who declare war on personal interest, the whole responsibility lies on them.
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#dl##dd#strīṇāṁ mad-dhata-bandhūnāṁ#/dd#
#dd#droho yo 'sāv ihotthitaḥ#/dd#
#dd#karmabhir gṛhamedhīyair#/dd#
#dd#nāhaṁ kalpo vyapohitum#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=strīṇām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#strīṇām#/i# — of the women; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mat#/i# — by me; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hata&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hata-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bandhūnām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bandhūnām#/i# — of the friends who are killed; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=drohaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#drohaḥ#/i# — enmity; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yaḥ#/i# — that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asau&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asau#/i# — all those; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iha#/i# — herewith; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=utthitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#utthitaḥ#/i# — has accrued; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karmabhiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karmabhiḥ#/i# — by dint of work; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛhamedhīyaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gṛhamedhīyaiḥ#/i# — by persons engaged in material welfare; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — never; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aham#/i# — I; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kalpaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kalpaḥ#/i# — can expect; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyapohitum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyapohitum#/i# — undoing the same.
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I have killed many friends of women, and I have thus caused enmity to such an extent that it is not possible to undo it by material welfare work.
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The #i#gṛhamedhīs#/i# are those whose only business is to perform welfare work for the sake of material prosperity. Such material prosperity is sometimes hampered by sinful activities, for the materialist is sure to commit sins, even unintentionally, in the course of discharging material duties. To get relief from such sinful reactions, the #i#Vedas#/i# prescribe several kinds of sacrifices. It is said in the #i#Vedas#/i# that by performing the #i#aśvamedha-yajña#/i# (horse sacrifice) one can get relief from even #i#brahma-hatyā#/i# (killing of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#).
#$p#Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja performed this #i#aśvamedha-yajña#/i#, but he thinks that even by performing such #i#yajñas#/i# it is not possible to get relief from the great sins committed. In war either the husband or the brother or even the father or sons go to fight. And when they are killed, a fresh enmity is created, and thus a chain of actions and reactions increases which is not possible to be counteracted even by thousands of #i#aśvamedha-yajñas.#/i#
#$p#The way of work (#i#karma#/i#) is like that. It creates one action and another reaction simultaneously and thus increases the chain of material activities, binding the performer in material bondage. In the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# (BG 9.27-28) the remedy is suggested that such actions and reactions of the path of work can be checked only when work is done on behalf of the Supreme Lord. The Battle of Kurukṣetra was actually fought by the will of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as it is evident from His version, and only by His will was Yudhiṣṭhira placed on the throne of Hastināpura. Therefore, factually no sin whatsoever touched the Pāṇḍavas, who were only the order carriers of the Lord. For others, who declare war out of personal interest, the whole responsibility lies on them.
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