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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.

he then spoke these words to Hrishikesha, O lord of the earth: Achyuta, place my chariot between the two armies,

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.