1.24 The chariot is brought to a stand Sanjaya speaks
एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्
evam ukto hṛiṣhīkeśho guḍākeśhena bhārata
senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam
Spoken to in this way by Arjuna, Krishna brought that magnificent chariot to a stand between the two armies,
Explanation
Krishna does what he was asked.
Spoken to in this way, he brings the magnificent chariot to a stand between the two armies.
No argument, no warning. The first thing Krishna does in the Bhagavad Gita is comply — and the compliance is what produces the crisis he will spend seventeen chapters answering.
Word by word
- sañjayaḥ uvācha
- Sanjay said
- evam
- thus
- uktaḥ
- addressed
- hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ
- Shree Krishna, the Lord of the senses
- guḍākeśhena
- by Arjun, the conqueror of sleep
- bhārata
- descendant of Bharat
- senayoḥ
- armies
- ubhayoḥ
- the two
- madhye
- between
- sthāpayitvā
- having drawn
- ratha-uttamam
- magnificent chariot
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