In the Gita 1.1, why is Dhritarashtra’s asking “What did they do?” in the past tense instead of the present tense?

From: Apurva Pradhan

BG 1.1 : Why is Dhritarashtra asking “…What did they do?”. His question is in a past-tense as opposed to “…What are they doing?” (Present tense).

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last question why Dhritarashtra’s question in the past tense what did they do instead of the present tense what are they doing when he asks Sanjaya about what is happening on the battlefield answer if you look at the broad storyline of the Mahabharata there is a very interesting sub-plot there so basically Sanjaya also goes to the battlefield of Kurukshetra and he observes the battle over there for 10 days and then on at the end of the 10th day when Bhishma falls then he returns back to Hastinapur and then he tells Dhritarashtra the devastating news of the fall of the grandsire and hearing this Dhritarashtra falls falls from his throne unconscious and then after he regains consciousness then after that Sanjaya starts narrating the whole thing to him so when Sanjaya narrates the whole thing to him so Dhritarashtra knows that these things have happened already so what happened actually that’s what he asks him so Dhritarashtra knows that this has happened in the past and therefore he asks what actually happened please tell me and then he tells that’s why because the events of the first 10 days have already happened and Sanjaya narrates them and after that it’s like after the events of the 10 days have been narrated then it’s a running commentary that goes on so Sanjaya did have a mystical vision by which he could see what was happening on the battlefield he was given that mystical vision by the blessings of Vyasdev and he utilized that vision for describing what happened in the remaining 8 days to Dhritarashtra but the earlier 10 days he was actually there then he came back and then it was described