Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Verse 21
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 1 श्लोक 21

अर्जुन उवाच
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
1.21. Arjuna said  O Acyuta!  Please halt my chariot at a centre place between the two armies,  so that I may scrutinize these men who are standing with desire to fight and with whom I have to fight in this great war-effort.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
1.12  1.29  Sri Abhinavgupta did not comment upon this sloka.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 1.21Arjuna Uvaacha:
Senayor ubhayormadhye ratham sthaapaya me’chyuta.Yaavad etaan nireekshe’ham yoddhukaamaan avasthitaan;
Kair mayaa saha yoddhavyam asmin ranasamudyame.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 1.21arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; senayoḥ—armies; ubhayoḥ—both; madhye—in the middle; ratham—chariot; sthāpaya—place; me—my; achyuta—Shree Krishna, the infallible One; yāvat—as many as; etān—these; nirīkṣhe—look; aham—I; yoddhu-kāmān—for the battle; avasthitān—arrayed; kaiḥ—with whom; mayā—by me; saha—together; yoddhavyam—must fight; asmin—in this; raṇa-samudyame—great combat