Verse
अर्जुन उवाच
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥
jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdanatatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava
Arjuna said: If thou holdest the intelligence to be greater than works, O Janardana, why then dost thou, O Keshava, appoint me to a terrible work?
Gītā 3·1