अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यता: यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणय: धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet
Recitation · Text 1.46
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (24 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
He goes so far as to say he would rather be killed, unarmed and without resisting, by Dhṛitarāṣhṭra's sons than fight — the lowest point of his despair, where his crisis peaks not in anger but in something close to surrender.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Arjuna's crisis peaks not in anger but in something close to surrender — he would rather lose everything than act.