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 Bhagavad Gita addresses doubt across 2 verses in Chapter 1. That sound — reverberating through sky and earth — shattered the hearts of Dhritarashtra's sons. The Kauravs made noise. The Pandavs broke hearts. As Krishna puts it: "Noise fills the air. Conviction fills the heart. Only one of them breaks the other."
Which verses of the Gita are about doubt?
Verse 1.19, Verse 1.20 in Chapter 1 (Arjun Vishad Yoga) all engage with doubt. Each is presented in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English at thegitauniverse.com.
Who speaks about doubt in the Bhagavad Gita?
2 different speakers in Chapter 1 invoke doubt: Dhritarashtra, Arjun. The verses span the opening dialogue between Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan, Bhishma, Arjun, and Krishna.