BG - 3.1

अर्जुन उवाच ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन। तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।

arjuna uvācha jyāyasī chet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśhava

• arjunaḥ uvācha - Arjun said
• jyāyasī - superior
• chet - if
• karmaṇaḥ - than fruitive action
• te - by you
• matā - is considered
• buddhiḥ - intellect
• janārdana - he who looks after the public, Krishna
• tat - then
• kim - why
• karmaṇi - action
• ghore - terrible
• mām - me
• niyojayasi - do you engage
• keśhava - Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi
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Translation

Arjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, doest Thou ask me to engage in this terrible action?

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