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कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।
यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्या द्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।
अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धम् राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्।।

सञ्जय उवाच
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप।
न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह।।
Meaning I, the one who is despised by the vices like cowardice and has a mind fascinated by religion, I ask you to tell me that thing which will definitely lead to salvation. I am your disciple. Educate me in your shelter. Because even if I get wealth, grains and a kingdom free from enemies on earth and the rule of gods in heaven, I do not see that my grief that dries up the senses will go away. Sanjay said - O Dhritarashtra! Having said this, I will not fight with Lord Govind, the conqueror of sleep, Arjuna. Having said this clearly, he became silent. ExplanationGod has said in the second verse that this attachment, cowardice, is not the conduct of a great man. Now it is also coming to Arjun's mind that only the Guru can tell what is the conduct of great men. Arjun's feelings change and he asks Krishna to tell him the knowledge by which he can attain welfare (liberation). Arjun is saying, I am your disciple and I am under your protection. Arjun's words do not have the same feelings as they do. If they had the feelings of a Guru then God would have said, Arjun, leave the small weakness of the heart and stand up for the war. are also being spoken. The Guru will give advice, will make one know about the path he does not know, will tell him the whole thing, but the disciple himself has to walk on the path. Arjun surrenders himself to Krishna but does not surrender his heart. That is why I am saying that even if I get the wealth of the earth and the pleasures of the gods in heaven, my sorrows, jealousy and worries will not go away. Arjun feels it is better not to fight and there is nothing left to say. That's why he becomes silent. "Arjun flatly refused I will not fight." · The ultimate mystery: - Till now, whatever arguments Arjun has given considering himself to be a religious person and to withdraw from the war, the ignorant people of the world consider only those arguments of Arjun to be correct and what Lord Shri Krishna will explain further to Arjun, they do not consider them correct, The reason for this is that people consider the situation they are in right.  They cannot understand knowledge of a higher order than that. There is attachment in Arjun's mind and he is considering that attachment as religion and sin and is talking big about saintliness. Those people who have attachment to the world, family, money etc. will like Arjun's words. God's vision is towards the welfare of the living being, how can his welfare be achieved? Those ignorant people cannot understand the high level knowledge of God. Actually, Krishna did not make the war happen but made Arjun know what his karma is and how to get salvation, it was Arjun's own decision to make the war.  Shri Krishna had gone to Dhritarashtra's court many times as a peace messenger to stop the war. Even after trying till the end, the war was not averted, so he gave the ultimate secret of Geeta to Arjun on the land of Kurukshetra for the knowledge of the entire human race. Then Ved Vyas ji completed the task of conveying the words coming from the mouth of God to you by writing the songs of Geeta i.e. the verses of Bhagavad Geeta.