akīrti-karam arjuna

sri bhagavan uvaca-the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kutah-wherefrom; tva-unto you; kasmalam-dirtiness; idam-this lamentation; visame-this hour of crisis; samupasthitam-arrived; anarya-persons who do not know the value of life; justam-practiced by; asvargyam-that which does not lead to higher planets; akirti-infamy; karam-the cause of; arjuna-O Arjuna.