SB 1.9.36

व्यवहितपृतनामुखं निरीक्ष्य स्वजनवधाद्विमुखस्य दोषबुद्ध्या ।
कुमतिमहरदात्मविद्यया यश्चरणरतिः परमस्य तस्य मेऽस्तु ॥ ३६ ॥
vyavahita-pṛtanā-mukhaṁ nirīkṣya
sva-jana-vadhād vimukhasya doṣa-buddhyā
kumatim aharad ātma-vidyayā yaś
caraṇa-ratiḥ paramasya tasya me’stu

Synonyms

astu — may; ratiḥ — love; me — be mine [mama119]; caraṇa — for the feet; tasya paramasya — of that Supreme Person [(puruṣottama), Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; yaḥ — who; aharat — dispelled [by imparting transcendental knowledge in the form of the scriptural teachings of the Gītā (ātma-vidyāya gītā-śāstropadeśena)]; kumatim — the ignorant attitude [the ignorance in the form of the egoic identifications of “I” and “mine” related to the body (dehādau aham-mamābhimāna-rūpām avidyān)]; vimukhasya — [of Arjuna] who became averse [nivṛttasya120]; vadhāt — to the prospect of killing; sva-jana — his own relatives; nirīkṣya — on seeing; mukham — the vanguard [those situated at the front, headed by Bhīṣma and Droṇa (mukhaṁ agre sthitān bhīṣma-droṇādīn)]; pṛtanā — of the Kaurava army [kaurava-senā]; vyavahita — arrayed at a distance [dure sthitā121]; doṣa-buddhyā — considering such an act to be sinful [fearing that he would incur sin (pāpa-bhayena)].

Translation

May I be granted love for the feet of that Supreme Person [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], who, by imparting transcendental knowledge, dispelled the ignorant attitude of Arjuna, who became averse to the prospect of killing his own relatives on seeing the vanguard of the Kaurava army arrayed at a distance, considering such an act to be sinful.

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