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Bhagavad Gita 1.24

संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।

sañjaya uvācha evam ukto hṛiṣhīkeśho guḍākeśhena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sañjayaḥ uvāchasañjayaḥ uvāchaSanjay said
evamevamthus
uktaḥuktaḥaddressed
hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥhṛiṣhīkeśhaḥShree Krishna, the Lord of the senses
guḍākeśhenaguḍākeśhenaby Arjun, the conqueror of sleep
bhāratabhāratadescendant of Bharat
senayoḥsenayoḥarmies
ubhayoḥubhayoḥthe two
madhyemadhyebetween
sthāpayitvāsthāpayitvāhaving drawn
ratha-uttamamratha-uttamammagnificent chariot

Sanjaya said, Thus addressed by Arjuna, Krishna stationed the best of chariots, O Dhritarashtra, in the midst of the two armies.

संजय ने कहा -- हे भारत (धृतराष्ट्र) ! अर्जुन के इस प्रकार कहने पर भगवान् हृषीकेश ने दोनों सेनाओं के मध्य उत्तम रथ को खड़ा करके।