Pearls of Sri Bhagavat Gita - Chapter 1.44

                                                       

Bg 1.44

utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ
manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana
narake niyataṁ vāso
bhavatīty anuśuśruma

Translation: 

Hey Krishna( Destroyer of Oppenents ), we have heard that eternal living in hell takes place of people who destroy the family virtues.

                                                                     Import:

1)  janārdana = One who is the destroyer of birth and death of his devotees.

 2) One can destroy our pappam ( sins ) by 2 ways

     a) Through Prayascittam

     b) By deeply regretting our mistakes.

Simply by doing wrong things again and again consciously and performing prayascittam will not work. Hence Arjuna felt; simply by fighting and killing and then doing prayascittam is of no use.

Only when we do any wrong things by mistake and if we deeply regret it and ensure we do not repeat it again; bhagavan will destroy our sins

Arjuna also felt that there could be many Bhagavatha Utthamas ( topmost devotees of Sri Hari ) in the opponent side and thus killing them will incur topmost Bhagavatha Apacharam ( Offence commited unto devotees of of Supreme Lord Sri Hari ) and thus he would go to Naraka ( Hell ).