Vers 1.21

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥

1.21

Transliteratie

hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate |

senayorubhayormadhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me'cyuta ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

Arjuna said In the middle between the two armies, place my chariot, O krishna, 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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to Hrishikesha
then
words
these
said
O king

of the armies
of both
in the middle
chariot
place
my
O Achyuta

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Arjuna's first words in the Gita are a simple request to his charioteer: drive me between the two armies. Krishna had promised not to bear arms in this war and serves Arjuna as charioteer, so the greatest figure of the poem begins in the humble role of taking orders. Arjuna calls him Achyuta, the unfallen or unshakeable one, a name that stands in contrast to the shaking Arjuna will soon undergo. The request, made in a warrior's spirit, places Arjuna exactly where his crisis will unfold.