bandhuh -- a relative; vadha -- being killed; arha -- which merits; doshah -- whose wrong-doing; api -- even though; na -- not; bandhoh -- from a relative; vadham -- being killed; arhati -- deserves; tyajyah -- to be cast out; svena eva -- by his own; doshena -- fault; hatah -- killed; kim -- why; hanyate -- is to be killed; punah -- again.

[Again addressing Krishna, Balarama said:] A relative should not be killed even if his wrongdoing warrants capital punishment. Rather, he should be thrown out of the family. Since he has already been killed by his own sin, why kill him again?