1.44 – 1.47 (arjuna upaviśati)

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arjunaḥ:: vayam asmākaṃ bandhūn mārayiṣyāmaḥ. vayaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ. vayaṃ kariṣyāmo mahat pāpam.

arjunaḥ:

bahavaḥ putrā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya mama śatravaḥ. bahavaḥ śatravo māṃ mārayitum icchanti. kintv ahaṃ mama śatrūn na mārayitum icchāmi. ahaṃ mama śatrūn na mārayiṣyāmi.

bahūnāṃ śatrūṇāṃ bahūni śastrāṇi. kintv ahaṃ na śastram icchāmi. ahaṃ mama śatrūn na mārayiṣyāmi.

bahavaḥ śatravo māṃ mārayeyuḥ. kintv ahaṃ na yoddhum icchāmi. ahaṃ mama śatrūn na mārayiṣyāmi.

arjunaḥ:: ahaṃ na yotsye, kṛṣṇa.

arjuna upaviśati. arjuna upaviśati rathe.

kasmād arjuna upaviśati rathe? arjuno na yoddhum icchati.

arjuno na sukhī.

arjunaḥ:

vayaṃ mahat pāpaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ. kim etat pāpam? vayaṃ rājyāya bahūn bandhūn mārayiṣyāmaḥ.

dhṛtarāṣṭraputrā bahubhiḥ śastrair aśastraṃ māṃ yuddhe mārayeyuḥ. kintv ahaṃ sukhī.

ahaṃ na yotsye.

arjuno dhanuḥ śarāṃś ca visṛjya rathopastha upāviśat.

arjuna uvāca:

aho bata! vayaṃ mahat pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitāḥ. kim etat pāpam? yad vayaṃ rājyasukhalobhena svajanam (svabandhūn) hantum (mārayitum) udyatāḥ.
yadi śastrapāṇayo dhārtarāṣṭrā apratīkāram aśastraṃ māṃ raṇe (yuddhe) hanyuḥ, tan me kṣemataraṃ bhavet.

śokasaṃvignamānaso 'rjuna evam uktvā saṃkhye (yuddhe), saśaraṃ cāpam (śaraiḥ saha dhanuḥ) visṛjya, rathopastha upāviśat.

aho bata mahat pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam । yad rājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanam udyatāḥ ॥ 45 ॥

yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ । dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣemataraṃ bhavet ॥ 46 ॥

evam uktvārjunaḥ saṃkhye rathopastha upāviśat । visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ ॥ 47 ॥

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