# Bhagavad Gita 1.39

**Canonical reference:** `gita.1.39`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥

## IAST

kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum
kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

O Ganārdana! should not we

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