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Bhagavad Gita 1.21

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

arjuna uvācha senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’chyuta

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
arjunaḥ uvāchaarjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
senayoḥsenayoḥarmies
ubhayoḥubhayoḥboth
madhyemadhyein the middle
rathamrathamchariot
sthāpayasthāpayaplace
mememy
achyutaachyutaShree Krishna, the infallible One

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."

अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे! अच्युत मेरे रथ को दोनों सेनाओं के मध्य खड़ा कीजिये।