# Bhagavad Gita 2.7

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.7`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः
पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः।
यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे
शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् ॥

## IAST

kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasammūḍhacetāḥ
yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi tanme śiṣyaste.ahaṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

whom having killed we do not wish to live—even those sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra stand (arrayed) against us. With a heart contaminated by the taint of helplessness with a mind confounded about my duty I ask you. Tell me what is assuredly good for me. I am your disciple instruct me

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