Bhagavadgita 3.6

3.6

na ceti | hiṃsāśūnyatvād bhaikṣam, svadharmatvāyuddham ; bhaikṣayuddhayoḥ katar anyatarat no 'smākaṃ garīyaḥ śreyaskaramiti na vidmo na vijānīma ityarthaḥ | paradharmāpekṣayā svadharmaḥ śreyāniti tatrāha—yaddveti | ubhayoḥ jayādisthiteḥ saṃdigdhatvāt kimubhayeṣāṃ tatsāmyam | yadvā parapakṣān vayaṃ jayema jeṣyāmaḥ, yadi vā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ no 'smān jayeyuḥ jeṣyanti | yadyapyasmākameva tvatprabhāvato jayo bhavatu nāma ; tathā 'pi na sa phalavān , yasmāt yān bandhūn hatvā naiva jijīviṣāmaḥ jīvituṃ necchāmaḥ, pramukhe asmatpurobhāge te dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ khalu avasthitāḥ | tasmāt yuddhāt kṣatriyagarhitamapi bhaikṣameva śreyaḥsādhanamityarthaḥ |
evaṃ viditasaṃsāradoṣasya mumukṣoreva brahmātmaikyopadeśagrahaṇādhikāraṃ vyaktīkurvannarjuno bhagavantamācāryatvena vṛṇvan niḥśreyasasādhanamupadiśeti prārthayate—