अर्जुन उवाच |\nज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन |\nतत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ||३-१||\nव्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे |\nतदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ||३-२||
arjuna uvāca .\njyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana .\ntatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava ||3-1||\nvyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me .\ntadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo.ahamāpnuyām ||3-2||
Arjun said: O Janardan, if You consider knowledge superior to action, then why do You ask me to wage this terrible war? My intellect is bewildered by Your ambiguous advice. Please tell me decisively the one path by which I may attain the highest good.