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Bhagavad Gita 1.25

Krishna stops the chariot before Bhishma and Drona and tells Arjuna to look at the Kurus.

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति॥

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

Translation

Facing Bhishma, Drona and all the kings, he said, "Partha, behold these Kurus gathered here."

Hindi

भीष्म, द्रोण और सभी राजाओं के सामने रथ खड़ा करके उन्होंने कहा, "हे पार्थ, एकत्र हुए इन कौरवों को देखो।"

Commentary

Krishna positions the chariot opposite the two people Arjuna reveres most, Drona and Bhishma. His words are plain: "behold the Kurus". He does not say enemies. The word he chooses is family, and the sight lands in 1.26.

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