Sanskrit
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे । तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me tad ekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo'ham āpnuyām
Translation
With these perplexing words Thou only confusest my understanding; therefore tell me with certainty the one way by which I may reach bliss.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Arjuna presses harder, accusing Krishna of muddying rather than clarifying — not entirely unfair, since 2.11-38 argued from duty and 2.39-53 argued from the discipline of action, and Arjuna hasn’t been told which one to actually follow. His demand for “the one way” sets up the irony of what’s coming: Krishna’s answer in verse 3 won’t give him one path, it’ll name two, and spend the rest of the chapter arguing they aren’t really in conflict.