Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: The Path of Understanding
Bhagavad Gita 2.4
कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन ।
इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन ॥
kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṃkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana | iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana ||
Krishna, how can I fight Bhishma and Drona with arrows in battle? They are worthy of my worship.
Modern context
Arjuna does not accept the charge of cowardice. His difficulty is specific: how do you oppose the people who raised and taught you? Many of the hardest conflicts are of this kind, where the person on the other side is someone we owe a great deal.