Bhagavad Gita · Arjuna Vishada YogaChapter 1, Shloka 44 (1.44)

"Anuśuśruma" — we have heard. Arjuna supports his argument with shruti/tradition: "I am not saying this on my own; we have heard it from our teachers." Madhusudana says exactly this. It shows that Arjuna wants to make his arguments authoritative — he is speaking not just from emotion but on the basis of scripture.

The chain is complete. Look at Arjuna's chain of argument from 1.40 to 1.44:

1. Destruction of the family → family dharma perishes (1.40)
2. Destruction of dharma → spread of adharma (1.40)
3. Adharma → women becoming "corrupted" → varna-sankara (1.41)
4. Mixing → hell for the family-destroyers and the family; fall of the forefathers (1.42)
5. Uprooting of community dharma and family dharma (1.43)
6. → Long dwelling in hell (1.44)

Each link rests on the one before. This is a reasoned chain of dharmashastra — according to the outlook of Arjuna's time.

"Janārdana" — the third time. In this chapter Arjuna calls Krishna "Janardana" three times (1.36, 1.39, 1.44). As if he were asking for his agreement again and again.

Krishna's silence. Throughout this whole long argument (1.28–1.46) Krishna says nothing. He lets Arjuna say everything. His answer will come in the second chapter — and it will not be a refutation of each link of these arguments, but a new way of seeing.