Killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure can be ours, O Janardana? Sin alone will be our gain by killing these felons.

nihatya = by killing; dhārtarāṣṭrān = the sons of Dhritarashtra; naḥ = our; kā = what; prītiḥ = pleasure; syāt = will there be; janārdana = O maintainer of all living entities.; pāpaṃ = vices; eva = certainly; āśrayet = must come upon; asmān = us; hatvā = by killing; etān = all these; ātatāyinaḥ = aggressors;