ेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।

jyayasi cet karmanas te

mata buddhir janardana

tat kim karmani ghore mam

Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?

buddhim mohayasiva me

tad ekam vada niscitya

yena sreyo ‘ham apnuyam

vyāmiśreṇa—by equivocal; iva—as; vākyena—words; buddhim—intelligence; mohayasi—bewildering; iva—as; me—my; tat—therefore; ekam—only one; vada—please tell; niścitya—ascertaining; yena—by which; śreyaḥ—real benefit; aham—I; āpnuyām—may have it.

My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial for me.