1.28 – 1.31 (arjuno na sukhī)
arjunaḥ :kṛṣṇa !ahaṃ bahūn yodhān paśyāmi .ete yodhā mama bandhavaḥ .ahaṃ mama bandhūn paśyāmi .mama bahavo bandhavaḥ .mama bahavo bandhavo yoddhum icchanti .kintu mama bahavo bandhavo mama śatravaḥ .mayā bandhavo yoddhavyāḥ .
arjunaḥ :ahaṃ na yoddhum icchāmi .ahaṃ mama bandhūn na mārayitum icchāmi .kim ahaṃ sukhī bhaviṣyāmi ?kim ahaṃ mārayitvā mama bandhūn sukhī bhaviṣyāmi ?ahaṃ na yoddhuṃ śaknomi .ahaṃ na sthātuṃ śaknomi .
arjunaḥ :kṛṣṇa ,ahaṃ mama samavetān bandhūn paśyāmi .etān dṛṣṭvā ,mama gātrāṇi sīdanti .etān dṛṣṭvā ,mama dhanur hastāt patati .ahaṃ na śaknomi sthātum .ahaṃ na śreyo 'nupaśyāmi .ahaṃ bandhūn yuddhe mārayitvā na śreyo 'nupaśyāmi .
he kṛṣṇa ,imān (etān )yuyutsūn samavasthitān (avasthitān )svajanān (bandhūn )dṛṣṭvā ,mama gātrāṇi sīdanti .mama mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati .vepathuś ca me śarīre .romaharṣaś ca jāyate .
gāṇḍīvam (arjunasya dhanuḥ )sraṃsate mama hastāt .mama tvak caiva paridahyate .na ca śaknomy avasthātum .mama manaś ca bhramatīva .
he keśava (kṛṣṇa ),ahaṃ viparītāni nimittāni paśyāmi .āhave (yuddhe )svajanaṃ hatvā śreyo nānupaśyāmi .