Verse
अहो बत महत् पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।यद् राज्य-सुख-लोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनम् उद्यताः ॥
aho bata mahat pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayamyad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṃ svajanam udyatāḥ
Alas! We were engaged in committing a great sin, we who were endeavouring to kill our own people through greed of the pleasures of kingship.
Gītā 1·44