Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair
Bhagavad Gita 1.25
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥
bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām | uvāca pārtha paśyaitānsamavetānkurūniti ||
in front of Bhishma, Drona, and all the kings, and said: "Partha, look at these Kurus assembled here."
Modern context
Krishna's first words in the Gita are a single instruction: look. He says 'these Kurus', one family name for both sides, and he stops the chariot in front of the two men Arjuna reveres most. Before any teaching, he asks Arjuna to see plainly what is there.