yadi maamaprateekaaramshastram
shastrapaaNayaHa
dhaartaraaShTraa raNE hanyustanME
kSHEmataraM bhavEt || 45 ||
It is safe for me to be unarmed and
unwilling to wage war, even if I would be killed by the sons of Dhritaraashtra
armed with various weapons.
Arjuna says that it is safe for him
to be unarmed. He is unwilling to wage such a war which would bring calamity.
He does not want to be the factors in precipitating such a situation. He would
rather prefer to get killed by the sons of Dhritaraashtra than to kill them. By
doing so he would not be blamed for the precarious situation that would prevail
after the war. He does not want himself to be responsible for all the consequences
of the war he described in the previous verses. Dying would be a safer and
better option.
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