[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.6 · spoken by Krishna ]
Win and live with the blood. Lose and everything was for nothing. Which is worse?
We do not even know which outcome is better for us — whether we should conquer them or they should conquer us. Those very sons of Dhritarashtra stand before us, killing whom we would not wish to live.
SANSKRIT
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः । यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्- तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥२-६॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“When both outcomes feel like losing, the problem isn't the options. It's the lens.”
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