Chapter 1Verse 25 of 47

Bhagavad Gita 1.25

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् । उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥

bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahī-kṣitām | uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti ||

Translation

In front of Bhishma, Drona, and all the rulers of the earth, he said: O Partha, behold these Kurus assembled.

Paśya. Etān. Kurūn. Look. At these. Kurus. Krishna names them by the family name. Not enemies. Not Duryodhana's men. Kurus. In one word he flips the frame Arjuna walked in with. The category Arjuna was using to keep his hands steady, those eager to please an evil-minded king, gets replaced with a single family noun. From here on, Arjuna will not be able to see them any other way.

Reflection

What one word about the people you're fighting against would change everything?

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