The theme of blindness and seeing at the Gita's opening

It is curious that the Gita opens with the blind Dhritarashtra asking Sanjaya, who was said to have psychic vision or the symbolic power of introspection bestowed upon him by the sage Vyasa,"What happened?" This raises the theme of blindness and seeing--in other words, by what means can we accurately discern the truth, to see clearly what is right and good? Symbolically, the blind king represents the mind blinded by only the senses, according to the scholar Yogananda. In other words, he does not see into the true nature of things because he only believes what the senses tell him to believe. In this way, it is as if he were blind to spiritual truth. He operates in the delusion of separateness that the senses suggest. But spiritual understanding is like an inner seeing into the true nature of things, which according to Krishna, is that all things are one reality, that our physical world is not as real (in the sense of lasting) as the indestructible spiritual body.

Dhritarashtra has asked the question that we all ask on the field of battle with our higher and lower aspects of the self. What is happening? Who has won? How can we know if the battle is truly noble and the victory truly important? Which experience, the one my senses give me, or the one my inner wisdom gives me, should I act on? Paramhansa Yogananda offers an interesting answer to this question:
"Basically speaking, a right course of action will produce harmony, good health, a balanced state of being, and an ability to keep moving sensibly with discrimmination toward whatever fulfillment that one seeks. Where there is joy, and an expansion of consciousness, sympathy and inner calmness, one will always experience a rising energy in the spine." (p.43, The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita)

Only when we are armed with inner reflection and insight (symbolized by the narrator, Sanjaya), can we hope to discern the answers to these questions.

And isn't it interesting that Sanjaya, who could have chosen any of the other happenings at the opening of the battle, chooses to focus on the private conversation between Arjuna and Krishna? It's as if he is saying, "The truth can be found here. Look here. Bring your attention to this story. Not to all the warriors and the sounds of the conchs, not to how many soldiers and weapons this side has versus that side (which is what Prince Duryodhana is seeing),but bring your attention to this battle within the Prince Arjuna and you will find truth."

The beginning of a work of literature is often quite important. It tells us how to read the story, it instructs us, sets us up to recieve what follows. Noticing the choices the author makes in crafting the beginning might also instruct us on how to begin this journey into the Self. What other aspects of the opening draw your attention?