Text 31 1
Қарма-үледі
162
only one;  vada —please tell;  nišcitya —ascertaining;  yena —by which;  śreyaḥ —real benefit:  aham —I:  āṇṇuvām —may have it.
TRANSLATION
My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial for me.
PURPORT
In the previous chapter, as a prelude to the  Bhagavad-gītā , many different paths were explained, such as  sāṅkhya-yoga ,  buddhi-yoga , control of the senses by intelligence, work without fruitive desire, and the position of the neophyte. This was all presented unsystematically. A more organized outline of the path would be necessary for action and understanding. Arjuna, therefore, wanted to clear up these apparently confusing matters so that any common man could accept them without misinterpretation. Although Kṛṣṇa had no intention of confusing Arjuna by any jugglery of words, Arjuna could not follow the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness—either by inertia or active service. In other words, by his questions he is clearing the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness for all students who seriously want to understand the mystery of the  Bhagavad-gītā .
TEXT 3
श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥॥
लोकेऽस्मिन्द्रिविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानव ।
इन्तयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् ॥३॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca loke ’smin dvi-vidhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha jñāna-yogena sāṅkhyānāṁ karma-yogena yoginām
śrī bhagavān uvāca —the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;  loke —in the world;  asmin —this;  dvi-vidhā —two kinds of;  niṣṭhā —faith;  purā —formerly;  proktā —was said;  mayā —by Me;  anagha —O sinless one;  jñāna —