2.6 I do not know which is better Arjuna speaks

न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः
यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः

na chaitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo
yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣhāmas
te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ

And I do not know which is better for us — that we should win, or that they should. Those I do not wish to outlive are the very ones standing there.

Explanation

I do not know which is better.

That we win, or that they do. Those he does not wish to outlive are the ones standing there.

The confusion is total and honest. He is not choosing the wrong side of a dilemma; he has lost the ability to tell which outcome he should want, which is a different kind of trouble.

Word by word

na: not
cha: and
etat: this
vidmaḥ: we know
katarat: which
naḥ: for us
garīyaḥ: is preferable
yat vā: whether
jayema: we may conquer
yadi: if
vā: or
naḥ: us
jayeyuḥ: they may conquer
yān: whom
eva: certainly
hatvā: after killing
na: not
jijīviṣhāmaḥ: we desire to live
te: they
avasthitāḥ: are standing
pramukhe: before us
dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ: the sons of Dhritarashtra