Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: The Path of Understanding

Bhagavad Gita 2.6

na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ | yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāma- ste'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ||

We do not know which is better for us: that we should conquer them, or that they should conquer us. The sons of Dhritarashtra, after killing whom we would not even wish to live, are standing before us.

Modern context

'We do not even know which is better, to win or to lose.' This is the honest centre of Arjuna's trouble. He has stopped arguing for one side and admits he cannot tell. Admitting 'I do not know' is uncomfortable, and it is the point at which learning becomes possible.