Sanskrit
एतं मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः । त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता नह्युपपद्यते ॥
etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā nahy upapadyate
Translation
Deign, O Krishna, to completely dispel this doubt of mine; for there is none to be found save Thyself able to destroy this doubt.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Arjuna closes his question, and the framing is notable: this isn’t posed as an abstract philosophical puzzle but as a doubt only Krishna specifically can resolve. It functions structurally the way Arjuna’s opening despair in chapter 1 did — a direct appeal that obligates a direct answer, which verses 40–47 then supply.