[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.22 · spoken by 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.
SANSKRIT
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् । कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे ॥१-२२॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Sometimes the hardest battle is realizing who you're fighting.”
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