यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः ।कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥
yadyapy ete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ |kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||
- यद्यपि · yadyapi
- even if, although
- एते · ete
- these (men)
- न · na
- not
- पश्यन्ति · paśyanti
- see
- लोभोपहतचेतसः · lobhopahatacetasaḥ
- whose minds are overpowered by greed
- कुलक्षयकृतम् · kulakṣayakṛtam
- caused by the destruction of the family
- दोषम् · doṣam
- the evil, harm
- मित्रद्रोहे · mitradrohe
- in betraying friends
- च · ca
- and
- पातकम् · pātakam
- the sin, crime
“Even if these men, their minds overpowered by greed, see no evil in destroying the family and no sin in betraying friends…”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna grants his enemies the excuse of blindness — greed has destroyed their judgment. The sentence is half of a contrast completed in the next verse: they cannot see, but we can, and that sight obligates us.
— Reader's notes (original)