# Bhagavad Gita 1.21

**Canonical reference:** `gita.1.21`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्जुन उवाच।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥

## IAST

hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate
arjuna uvāca
senayorubhayormadhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me.acyuta

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and O king of the earth! spake these words to Hṛṣīkeśa: 'O undegraded one! station my chariot between the two armies while I observe those who stand here desirous to engage in battle and with whom in the labours of this struggle I must do battle. I will observe those who are assembled here and who are about to engage in battle, wishing to do service in battle to the evil-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.' Thus addressed by Guḍākeśa, O descendant of Bharata!

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