अर्जुन उवाच ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्
arjuna uvācha jyāyasī chet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśhava vyāmiśhreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me tad ekaṁ vada niśhchitya yena śhreyo ’ham āpnuyām
Recitation · Text 3.1
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (29 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Chapter Three opens with Arjuna pushing back. If you consider the intellect superior to action, he asks Krishna, then why urge me into this terrible work? The question is fair — Chapter Two praised equanimity and steady wisdom, and Arjuna has drawn the obvious conclusion that thinking outranks doing.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:A student who argues back has actually been listening — Arjuna's objection comes from taking Chapter Two seriously.