In the "Bhagavad-Gita" Krishna thus raises the mind of his young pupil Arjuna, when, seized with compunction at the sight of the arrayed hosts (somewhat as Xerxes was), he loses heart and desires to give up the battle in order to avert the death of so many thousands.
-Ikuspuntu horretan kokatzen da Krishnak n, bere dizipulu berria, Arjuna, borrokarako prest dauden armadak begiztatzean (Xerxes aurkitzen zen moduantsu) tristurak jota, uko egin eta borroka utzi nahi duenean, hainbeste milaren galera eragozteko: