यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥ १-३८॥
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam
Though these, with their intelligence clouded by greed, see no evil in the destruction of the families in the society, and no sin in their cruelty to friends; . . .
yadi = if; api = even; ete = they; na = do not; paśyanti = see; lobha = by greed; upahata = overpowered; cetasaḥ = their hearts; kulakṣaya = in killing the family; kṛtaṃ = done; doṣaṃ = fault; mitradrohe = in quarreling with friends; ca = also; pātakaṃ = sinful reactions;