Verses 1.21-23

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verses 1.21-23:

अर्जुन उवाच–
सेनयोर् उभयोर् मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥ २१ ॥
यावद् एतान् निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धु-कामान् अवस्थितान् ।
कैर् मया सह योद्धव्यम् अस्मिन् रण-समुद्यमे ॥ २२ ॥
योत्स्यमानान् अवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर् युद्धे प्रिय-चिकीर्षवः ॥ २३ ॥

arjuna uvāca–
senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me'cyuta || 21 ||
yāvad etān nirīkṣe'haṃ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān |
kair mayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame || 22 ||
yotsyamānān avekṣe'haṃ ya ete'tra samāgatāḥ |
dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-cikīrṣavaḥ || 23 ||

arjunaḥ uvāca–Arjuna said; senayoḥ–armies; ubhayoḥ–of the two; madhye–in the midst; ratham–chariot; sthāpaya–please place; me–my; acyuta–O infallible one; yāvat–until; etān–of all these; nirīkṣe–will examine; aham–I; yoddhu-kāmān–desiring battle; avasthitān–arrayed (on the battlefield); kaiḥ–with which (fighters); mayā–with me; saha–together; yoddhavyam–shall have to fight; asmin–in this; raṇa-samudyame–in this military struggle; yotsyamānān–those who wish to fight; avekṣe aham–I wish to see; ye–who; ete–all those; atra–here; samāgatāḥ–have assembled; dhārtarāṣṭrasya–son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; durbuddheḥ–for the evil-minded; yuddhe–the fight; priya–well being; cikīrṣavaḥ–who desire.

Arjuna said: O Acyuta, let me see all those heroes who are standing here desiring to fight and with whom I shall have to combat in this battle. Let me look upon those who have assembled here desiring the welfare of the evil-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Kindly situate my chariot in the midst of these two armies.

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