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Duty
Duty in the Bhagavad Gita — 2 verses across Chapter 1, including 1.20, 1.27. Sanskrit, Hindi, English. One reel per verse.
v1.20· Arjun
The greatest archer alive raised his bow. Then he saw who he was aiming at.
Then Arjun — the man with Hanuman on his flag — saw Dhritarashtra's sons arrayed before him. He raised his bow. And what he saw next changed everything.
“The bow was ready. The archer wasn't.”
— Krishna
v1.27· Arjun
Every face on the battlefield was someone he loved. What do you do when the enemy is family?
Fathers-in-law. Well-wishers. On both sides. All of them — kinsmen. Arjun saw every face and compassion broke through him like a flood. He sank into grief. And spoke.
“Compassion and duty walked onto the same battlefield. Only one of them could stay standing.”
— Krishna