Bhagavad Gita 1.39: meaning and translation

Word by word

1. कथम् katham · how (indeclinable) Dictionary: katham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 2 “how? in what manner?”
2. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
3. ज्ञेयम् jñeyam · should be known (gerundive (to be done) (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
4. अस्माभिः asmābhiḥ · by us (pronoun, instrumental plural) Dictionary: asmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 123, col. 2 “base of the first person plur., as used in comp.”
5. पापात् pāpāt · from sin (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: pāpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 618, col. 2 “sin, vice, crime, guilt”
6. अस्मात् asmāt · this (pronoun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
7. निवर्तितुम् nivartitum · to turn away (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: ni-vṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 560, col. 1 “to turn back, stop”
8. कुलक्षयकृतम् kulakṣayakṛtam · caused by destroying a family (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kula-kṣaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 294, col. 3 “decay of a race or family”; 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”
9. दोषम् doṣam · wrong, fault (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. doṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 498, col. 2 “fault, vice, deficiency, want”
10. प्रपश्यद्भिः prapaśyadbhiḥ · (by us) who see clearly (present participle (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: pra-paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 682, col. 2 “look at, observe, behold”
11. जनार्दन janārdana · O Janardana (Krishna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: janārdana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 3 “‘exciting or agitating men,’ Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa”