September 20,2012. Day 43 .BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.Chapter 1. (Continued) TEXT 45 .

BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is. Chapter 1 (Continued)

   Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

TEXT 45

  yadi mam apratikaram 
asastram sastra-panayah 
dhartarastra rane hanyus 
tan me ksemataram bhavet

  SYNONYMS

       yadi--even if; mam--unto me; apratikaram--without being resistant;asastram--without being fully equipped; sastra-panayah--those with weapons in hand; dhartarastrah--the sons of Dhrtarastra; rane--in the battlefield; hanyuh--may kill; tat--that; me--mine; ksema-taram--better;bhavet--become.

 TRANSLATION

           I would consider it better for the sons of Dhrtarastra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than to fight with them.

PURPORT

       It is the custom--according to ksatriya fighting principles--that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were attacked by the enemy. He did not consider how much the other party was bent upon fighting. All these symptoms are due to soft-heartedness resulting from his being a great devotee of the Lord.