BG 3.1
अर्जुन उवाच
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।
तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।
तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥
arjuna uvāca
jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana
tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava
jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana
tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava
Word-for-word meanings
arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna inquired; janārdana — O Kṛṣṇa; cet — if; buddhiḥ — resolute intelligence; matā — is considered; te — by You; jyāyasī — as superior; karmaṇaḥ — to fruitive action; kim — why; tat — therefore; keśava — O Kṛṣṇa; niyojayasi — do You engage; mām — me; ghore — in this terrible; karmaṇi — act [of battle].
Translation
Arjuna inquired: O Janārdana, if You consider resolute intelligence [free from the guṇas] superior to fruitive action, why then do You, O Keśava, engage me in this terrible battle?