Arjuna continues his request: "Let me see those who have gathered here, ready for war. I want to know with whom I must fight in this great battle." He is still speaking as a warrior with clear eyes and a steady hand. There is no tremor yet.
This is the thinking of a skilled fighter — identify your opponents, understand what you are up against, then act. Like a chess player studying the board before making the first move, Arjuna wants a full picture of the battlefield before he draws his bowstring.
But the man who set out to study his "enemies" is about to discover that the faces across the field belong to his own teachers, grandfathers, uncles, and brothers. That discovery will change everything.