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Arjuna said How, O Madhusudana, shall I fight in battle with arrows against Bhishma and Drona, who are fit to be worshipped, O destroyer of enemies?

Arjuna said: Madhusudana, how can I meet Bhishma and Drona in battle with arrows, when both deserve my reverence, slayer of enemies?

Arjuna answers the rebuke with a concrete objection. Bhishma, his grandsire, and Drona, his teacher in arms, are on the opposing side, and both deserve worship rather than arrows. Arjuna addresses Krishna twice as slayer, Madhusudana and Arisudana, perhaps pointing out the irony that Krishna's own victories were over demons, while Arjuna is being asked to strike his elders. The verse shows that his hesitation is not simple fear. It comes from a genuine clash between his duty as a fighter and the reverence owed to family and teachers.