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यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्। कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।

yāvadetān nirīkṣhe ’haṁ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān kairmayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 22
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, 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."

A Reading - Rantideb

He wants to see who he must fight. This is the crucial gap between intention and execution - the moment of pausing to fully comprehend the cost of action.

yāvatas many as
etānthese
nirīkṣhelook
ahamI
yoddhu-kāmānfor the battle
avasthitānarrayed
kaiḥwith whom
mayāby me
sahatogether
yoddhavyammust fight
asminin this
raṇa-samudyamegreat combat

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
1.21 -- 1.22 सेनयोः of the armies? उभयोः of both? मध्ये in the middle? रथम् car? स्थापय place? मे my? अच्युत O Achyuta (O changeless? Krishna)? यावत् while? एतान् these? निरीक्षे behold? अहम् I? योद्धुकामान् desirous to fight? अवस्थितान् standing? कैः with whom? मया by me? सह together? योद्धव्यम् must be fought? अस्मिन् in this? रणसमुद्यमे eve of battle.No Commentary.