B.G 3.01 and 02
अर्जुन उवाच-
ज्यायसी चेत् कर्मणस्ते मता बुदि्धर्जनार्दन। तत् किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥१॥
व्यामिश्रेणैव वाक्येन बुदि्धं मोहयसीव मे। तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोहमाप्नुयाम् ॥२॥
arjuna uvāca-
jyāyasī cēt karmaṇastē matā budidharjanārdana। tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghōrē māṁ niyōjayasi kēśava ॥1॥
vyāmiśrēṇaiva vākyēna budidhaṁ mōhayasīva mē। tadēkaṁ vada niścitya yēna śrēyōhamāpnuyām ॥2॥
Arjuna askes:
Oh Janārdana, the supporter of beings, if intelligence is superior to action is your opinion, why are you urging me to do this terrible action? Oh Kēshava, one who attracts, by these mixed statements, the intellect of mine is confused. Therefore, tell me definitively one thing by which wellbeing of mine is possible.
Gīta Bhāshya 3.01 and 02
The statement "inferior is the action" in 2.49 is the seed for current questioning.
The essential nature of the Ātman and the practice to be adopted to gain that wisdom was described in the previous chapter. In order to attain the stated wisdom, in the next chapter, inaction is condemned and the desirable action is prescribed.
The lord has praised knowledge as superior compared to action in the verse 2.49 by stating "inferior is the action". Why then are you urging me to engage in the terrible war, leaving aside the renunciate duties? - is the question Arjuna asks in 'jyāyasī' verse.
'karmaṇastē matā' word is used in the verse to mean, "If intelligence is superior to action, what is your opinion?"
