न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो
यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।
यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम
स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।
।।2.6।। हम नहीं जानते कि हमें क्या करना उचित है। हम यह भी नहीं जानते कि हम जीतेंगे? या वे हमको जीतेंगे? जिनको मारकर हम जीवित नहीं रहना चाहते वे ही धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्र हमारे सामने युद्ध के लिए खड़े हैं।।
It may be questioned how can Arjuna abandon his duty to fight as a ksatriya which is prescribed in the Vedic scriptures and believe that begging which is one of the duties of a brahmana is better? To counter this Arjuna is stating that he does not know which one is better or if its even better to be victorious or be vanquished as victory itself could seem like defeat for by being forced into the situation of having to slay his relatives in the Kaurava army he would not wish to live any longer.
