na cha shrEyOnupashyaami hatwaa
swajanamaahavE
nakaaMkShE vijayaM kruShNa na cha raajyaM
sukhaani cha || 31 ||
"Oh Krishna, I do not foresee I will
get any credit or honor by killing my own people and moreover I do not desire
the kingdom nor the pleaures or happiness associated with it.
Now Arjuna is substantiating why he
does not want to go for war. Kshatriyas fight for honor. He argues that by
killing his own people he would not be expecting to gain any honor. If there is
no honor in the battle why fight and kill his blood relatives. He then further
argues that when he is neither desirous of ruling a kingdom nor the luxury
associated with it then what is the aim and motive for him to fight.
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