अर्जुन उवाच | ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन | तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ||३-१||
arjuna uvāca . jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana . tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava ||3-1||
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjuna said
- jyāyasī
- better
- cet
- if
- karmaṇaḥ
- than fruitive action
- te
- by You
- matā
- is considered
- buddhiḥ
- intelligence
- janārdana
- O Kṛṣṇa
- tat
- therefore
- kim
- why
- karmaṇi
- in action
- ghore
- ghastly
- mām
- me
- niyojayasi
- You are engaging
- keśava
- O Kṛṣṇa
Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You want to engage me in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?