Chapter 1 · Verse 46
Arjuna's Dilemma
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्
yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet
Word Meanings
yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastram śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ raṇe hanyuḥ tat me kṣhema-taram bhavet
Translation
It would be better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to slay me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.