Arjuna raises the stakes to a cosmic level. He says he wouldn’t kill them even for the sovereignty of the three worlds, let alone for this small earth. He asks Kṛṣṇa what satisfaction they could possibly derive from killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. He addresses Kṛṣṇa as ‘Janārdana’, the maintainer of all living entities, implying that Kṛṣṇa should be maintaining these people rather than ordering their destruction. Arjuna believes that the act of killing his cousins will only bring misery and regret, not happiness. He is projecting his future emotional state—one of haunted guilt—and finding it unacceptable. He fails to see that the satisfaction of a warrior comes from the performance of duty and the protection of Dharma, not from the personal outcome or the spoils of the battle.