Chapter 1, Verse 24
संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
sañjaya uvāca evamukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata. senayorubhayormadhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam.।1.24।।
Word by word
- संजयः उवाच
- Sanjaya said
- एवम् उक्तः
- thus addressed/spoken to
- हृषीकेशः
- Hrishikesha (Krishna, lord of the senses)
- गुडाकेशेन
- by Gudakesha (Arjuna, master of sleep)
- भारत
- O descendant of Bharata (Dhritarashtra)
- सेनयोः उभयोः
- of both armies
- मध्ये
- in the middle/between
- स्थापयित्वा
- having stationed/placed
- रथ-उत्तमम्
- the best/excellent chariot
Commentary
Thus addressed by Gudakesa, O descendant of Bharata! Hrishikesa stationed that excellent chariot between the two armies, in front of Bhishma and Drona and of all the kings of the earth, and said 'O son of Pritha! look at these assembled Kauravas.'
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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