Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 21

Sanskrit Verse

अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।

Transliteration

arjuna uvācha

senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’chyuta

Word meanings

arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; senayoḥ—armies; ubhayoḥ—both; madhye—in the middle; ratham—chariot; sthāpaya—place; me—my; achyuta—Shree Krishna, the infallible One;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Arjuna said, “O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, so that I may behold those who stand here, desirous to fight, and know with whom I must fight when the battle is about to commence.”

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