ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
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1.21 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
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Chapter 1 · Verse 21·Spoken by Arjuna
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत
senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’chyuta
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arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun saidsenayoḥarmiesubhayoḥbothmadhyein the middlerathamchariotsthāpayaplacememyachyutaShree Krishna, the infallible One
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Reading set · 5 translations · 3 commentaries
Translation · 5 voices
Arjuna said, "O Acyuta, please place my chariot between both the armies."
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
And he spoke, O Lord of the Earth, these words to Sri Krishna: Arjuna said, “Draw up my chariot, O Krishna, between the two armies.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
Arjuna said, O Acyuta! Please halt my chariot at a central place between the two armies, so that I may scrutinize these men who are standing with a desire to fight and with whom I have to engage in this great war-effort.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
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."
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Raising his bow, he spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot between the two armies.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 1.20 through 1.25 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 1.20.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse; his Gita-bhashya begins at verse 2.11.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.