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The Blind King
A father who already knows his sons will lose, but asks anyway. The Gita opens with his question — and his refusal to hear the answer.
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A blind king asks what's happening on a battlefield he'll never see. His first word — "my sons" — reveals he already chose a side.
“The hardest questions are the ones you already know the answer to.”
— Krishna
That sound — reverberating through sky and earth — shattered the hearts of Dhritarashtra's sons. The Kauravs made noise. The Pandavs broke hearts.
“Noise fills the air. Conviction fills the heart. Only one of them breaks the other.”
— Krishna