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Blindness

Blindness in the Bhagavad Gita — 2 verses across Chapter 1, including 1.1, 1.22. Sanskrit, Hindi, English. One reel per verse.

v1.1· Dhritarashtra

The Gita opens with a question no one wanted answered.

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
v1.22· Arjun

Arjun asked to see the enemy. He didn't know he was looking at his own family.

Let me see them — these men who stand here eager for war. With whom must I fight? He still thought it was a question about strategy.

Sometimes the hardest battle is realizing who you're fighting.

— Krishna

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