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Did Arjuna see himself in the terrible cosmic form of Krishna during the battle?

The inner witness never beholds its own dying; it remains untouched and deathless, standing apart from the bodies that fall into the mouth of time.

— Osho
According to Osho, Arjuna did not and could not see himself being consumed in Krishna’s terrible cosmic form. One can only witness others’ deaths; the inner witness never beholds its own dying. Arjuna, as the drashta—the seer—remains outside what perishes. Bodies fall into the mouth of time, but the witnessing consciousness stands apart, untouched and deathless.

You can’t watch your own death, so Arjuna saw others dying in Krishna’s vast form, not himself.

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