BG - 1.22

यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्। कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।

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

• yāvat - as many as
• etān - these
• nirīkṣhe - look
• aham - I
• yoddhu-kāmān - for the battle
• avasthitān - arrayed
• kaiḥ - with whom
• mayā - by me
• saha - together
• yoddhavyam - must fight
• asmin - in this
• raṇa-samudyame - great combat

Translation

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."

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