| Note: Varna means color, or the make up and the hue of
mind; a social division or order of society such as caste in India. We have been told, O Krishna, that people whose family
traditions are destroyed necessarily dwell in hell for a long time. (1.44)
Alas! We are ready to commit a great sin by striving to
slay our kinsmen because of greed for the pleasures of the kingdom. (1.45)
It would be far better for me if the sons of Dhritaraashtra
should kill me with their weapons in battle while I am unarmed and unresisting. (1.46)
Sanjaya said: Having said this in the battle
held and casting aside his bow and arrow, Arjuna sat down on
the seat of the chariot with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow. (1.47)
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