Chapter 1 - Verse 46

यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥ ४६ ॥

yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ .
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet .. 46 ..


It would be better for me, if the sons of Dhritarâshtra, with arms in hand, should slay me unarmed and unresisting in the battle.