The mind is so blind, that one can’t think and one can’t see.

Arjuna Vishada Yoga

Chapter 1, Verse 47 

sañjaya uvāca

 

evam uktvā’rjunaḥ saṅkhye 

rathopastha upāviśat 

visṛjya saśaraṁ cāpaṁ 

śoka saṁvigna mānasaḥ

 

Sanjaya says: Having thus spoken on the battlefield, Arjuna sinks down on  

the seat of the chariot, casting down the divine bow, his spirit overwhelmed  

with sorrow.

 

Sanjaya sees Arjuna fall down into the seat of his chariot, overwhelmed with  

sorrow, in a state of complete dejection. Arjuna puts down his bow and loses himself, miserably concentrating on all this negativity, and feeling pity for himself. When one  

has self-pity, one looks for many excuses to not do one’s duty. This is true for Arjuna.  

He has created all this fantasy inside his mind: the horrible picture of the destruction of the family, the horrible scene of the ancestors. The film, the drama, which is turning inside his brain, makes him feel terrible, completely depressed. Here ends the first chapter of the Shreemad Bhagavad Gita: the chapter on Arjuna’s Dejection.

Here you have seen that Arjuna expresses all the qualities that one has in oneself. Arjuna doesn’t represent only himself, he represents everyone. Every day, every person goes through these states. Arjuna here is not just Arjuna; he is each one of you. He shows each state that you go through in life. In Chapter 2, we will see what Bhagavan Krishna has to say to Arjuna. Because in such a state, one forgets that God is there in front of you. In that state, one sees oneself as alone, and even forgets about God. Though God is there in front of you, the mind is so clouded, the mind is so blind, that one can’t think and one can’t see.

Bhagavad Gita