Chapter 1: Arjuna's Dilemmaअर्जुनविषादयोग
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“Better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.”
Sanskrit
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः | धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ||
Transliteration
yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣemataraṁ bhavet
Commentary
Arjuna reaches his lowest point, preferring death to fighting. He would rather be killed unresisting than bear the sin of killing his relatives. This is complete surrender to despair.
Chapter 1
Arjuna's Dilemma