偈颂 3.23.13.23.33.43.53.63.73.83.93.103.113.123.133.143.153.163.173.183.193.203.213.223.233.243.253.263.273.283.293.303.313.323.333.343.353.363.373.383.393.403.413.423.43

With this apparently perplexing speech, Thou confusest, as it were, my understanding; therefore tell me that one way for certain by which I may attain bliss.

You seem to bewilder my mind with words that appear mixed. Tell me decisively the one thing by which I may reach the highest good.

Arjuna admits that Krishna's teaching seems to him to point in two directions at once, praising both knowledge and action. The word iva, as if, softens the charge: he does not accuse Krishna of confusing him deliberately but says it feels that way. He asks for one clear path to śreyas, the highest good. The request is that of a sincere student who wants certainty. Krishna's answer will not reduce the teaching to a single formula, but it will show how the two approaches fit together.