Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 38

Chapter 1/Verse 38

यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः ।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥१-३८॥

yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ ।

kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam

॥1-38॥

Even if from a mind corrupted with greed they do not see the flaw, the consequence of the corruption of the family, and the sin in the treachery toward a friend

yadi (conjunction) (indeclinable) = if

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even

ete (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = they

na (negation particle) (indeclinable) = not

paśyanti (verb root: paś) (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they see

lobhopahatacetasas (lobha + upahata + cetasas) (tatpurūṣa compound, neuter, ablative, singular) = from a mind corrupted with greed

kulakṣayakṛtam (stem form: kulakṣayakṛta) (kula + kṣaya + kṛtam) (tatpurūṣa compound, masculine, accusative, singular) = the consequence of the corruption of the family  

doṣam (stem form: doṣa) (masculine, accusative, singular) = a flaw

mitradrohe (stem form: mitradroha) (mitra + drohe) (compound) (locative, singular) = in the treachery toward friend  

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

pātakam (stem form: pātaka) (neuter, accusative, singular) = a sin