[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.26 · spoken by Krishna ]
He called them "evil-minded sycophants." Then he saw their faces. Whose were they?
Arjun looked across the field. And he saw — fathers, grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends. On both sides. His people. Everywhere.
SANSKRIT
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् । आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥१-२६॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The enemy has a face. And you've known it your whole life.”
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