Bhagavad Gita 1.23
योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः। धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः॥
yotsyamānān avekṣhe ’haṁ ya ete ’tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-chikīrṣhavaḥ
Translation
And gaze on those here gathered together ready to fight, desirous of pleasing in battle the evil-minded son of Dhritarâshtra.
What it means
He wishes to gaze on those gathered "desirous of pleasing" Duryodhana. Arjuna names the truth: most of these men fight to serve someone else's will, not their own conviction. Seeing that clearly is what undoes him in the verses ahead.
Try this today
Arjuna already judges the cause as unjust on the other side - yet he still chooses to look them in the eye.
Something to reflect on
Can I look directly at what I oppose without exaggerating or minimizing it?
Read it in Yathora