[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.4 · spoken by Krishna ]
Krishna said stand up. Arjun named two people and asked: how do I shoot at THEM?
Arjun said: O Madhusudhan, O Arisudhan, how can I shoot arrows at Bhishm and Dronachary in battle? They are worthy of my reverence.
SANSKRIT
अर्जुन उवाच । कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन । इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन ॥२-४॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The hardest arrows to fire are the ones aimed at the people who taught you to shoot.”
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