Arjuna presents a radical alternative. He says it would be better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of his great teachers. For a kṣatriya, begging is considered a great disgrace, yet Arjuna prefers it over the guilt of killing his gurus. He argues that even though his teachers might be desiring worldly gain by siding with the Kauravas, they are still his superiors. He claims that any kingdom or pleasure he obtains after killing them would be tainted with their blood. To him, victory would feel like a crime. Arjuna’s logic is driven by a deep sense of personal consequence. He feels that the ‘wealth’ he would win would be forever haunted by the memory of the massacre. He is willing to accept social shame (begging) to avoid what he perceives as a spiritual and emotional catastrophe.