सौमित्रे O Lakshmana, कस्यां चित् आपदि in whatever calamity, पुत्र: son, पितरम् father, कथं नु how, हन्युः can slay, भ्राता वा or a brother, आत्मनः as his own, प्राणम् life, भ्रातरम् his own brother, हन्यात् will kill?

Whatever be the calamity, O Lakshmana, how will sons slay their father, or a brother kill his own brother who is as dear to him as his own life?