Chapter 1, Verse 22
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्। कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।
yāvadetānnirīkṣe'haṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān| kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame||1.22||
Word by word
- यावत्
- as long as / while
- एतान्
- these (warriors)
- निरीक्षे
- I may observe/look upon
- अहम्
- I
- योद्धुकामान्
- desirous of fighting
- अवस्थितान्
- stationed/arrayed
- कैः
- with whom
- मया
- by me
- सह
- together with
- योद्धव्यम्
- is to be fought
- अस्मिन्
- in this
- रणसमुद्यमे
- undertaking/effort of battle
Commentary
'O undegraded one! station my chariot between the two armies, while I observe those, who stand here desirous to engage in battle, and with whom, in the labours of this struggle, I must do battle.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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