Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 23

योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः | धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः ||

yotsyamānān avekṣe 'haṁ ya ete 'tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-cikīrṣavaḥ

These who are assembled here, wishing to please in battle the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra.

Arjuna asks Krishna to position his chariot where he can see everyone assembled for battle. Then comes his observation: these warriors have gathered to 'please' (priya-cikīrṣavaḥ) Duryodhana, whom he calls 'durbuddhi'—corrupt-minded. This isn't about individual evil. It's about a system where capable, even noble people fight not because the cause is just, but because they want to please one corrupt leader. Thousands of warriors enabling one person's ambition. Arjuna's seeing the pattern: good people become the machinery of bad leadership through misplaced loyalty. The question cuts deep: when does your loyalty to someone become complicity in their corruption?