यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः | कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ . kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam
儘管這些人，他們的心智已被貪婪所蒙蔽，看不見毀滅家族的罪惡，也看不見背叛朋友的罪過。
1.39 O Janardana, although these people, whose hearts have become perverted by greed, do not see the evil arising from destroying the family and sin in hostility towards, friends, yet how can we who clearly see the evil arising from destroying the family remain unaware of (the need of) abstaining from this sin?
阿周那在此指出敵方因貪婪而心智迷失，無法認識到毀滅家族和背叛朋友所帶來的嚴重罪惡。這為下一節他將自己與敵方進行對比埋下伏筆。