Bhagavad Gītā begins with a question asked by Dhṛtarāṣtra, the father of Duryodhana: dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya “O Sañjaya, having assembled in the holy land of Kurukṣetra eager to fight, what did my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu do?” Dhṛtarāṣtra was blind by birth. He was sitting in