Battlefield in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses set on Kurukshetra. The conch shells, the armies, the silence before the first arrow. The Gita lives in this place.

• 1.1The war begins in a question, not a sword strike.
• 1.4The other side is strong, and pretending otherwise changes nothing.
• 1.5The battlefield is already full of power and named allies.
• 1.7Pride counts its own strength when fear is near.
• 1.8Fear clings to strength by naming it aloud.
• 1.9Confidence built on numbers still trembles before battle.
• 1.10Fear can declare defeat before the battle starts.
• 1.14Resolve answers chaos before words begin.
• 1.16The war begins to answer back in sound.
• 1.18Allied resolve announces itself before the battle starts.
• 1.20The battle reaches its threshold, and action begins before words do.
• 1.21Clear sight comes before decisive action.
• 1.22Clear seeing comes before irreversible action.
• 1.23Conflict becomes real when you look at the people involved.
• 1.24The chariot is placed where choice becomes unavoidable.
• 1.33The prize is empty when the people attached to it stand in the line of fire.
• 1.47Grief can make even a warrior lay down his weapons.
• 2.10Guidance begins when grief is met without rejection.
• 2.38Equanimity frees action from the stain of panic and craving.
• 18.59Ego cannot veto what your nature has already chosen.