Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 1 ] TEXT (21-22---23)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch. 1 ] TEXT (21-22---23)

 

OBSERVING THE ARMIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF KURUKSERTRA

 

 

TEXTS 21-22

 

arjuna uvaca

senayor ubhayor madhye

ratham sthapaya me`cyuta

ydvad etam nirikse ham

yoddhu-kaman avasthitan

kair maya saha yoddhavyam

asmin rana- samudyame

arjunah— Arjuna; uvaca—said; senayoh— of the armies; ubhayoh— of both

the parties; madh ye—in between them; rat ham—the chariot; sthapaya—

please keep; me—my; acyuta—O infallible one; yavat—as long as; etan—

all these; nirikse—may look; aham—I; yoddhu-kaman—desiring to fight;

Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

 

avasthitan--arrayed on the battlefield; kaih—with whom; maya—by me;

saha—with; yoddhavyam—to fight with; asmin—in this; rana—strife;

samudyame—in the attempt.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Arjuna said: 0 infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two

armies so that I may see who is present here, who is desirous of

fighting, and with whom I must contend in this great battle attempt.

 

PURPORT

 

Although Lord Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, out of His

causeless mercy He was engaged in the service of His friend. He never

fails in His affection for His devotees, and thus He is addressed

herein as infallible. As charioteer, He had to carry out the orders

of Arjuna, and since He did not hesitate to do so, He is addressed as

infallible. Although He had accepted the position of a charioteer for

His devotee, His supreme position was not challenged. In all

circumstances, He is the Su­preme Personality of Godhead, Hrsikesa,

the Lord of the total senses. The relationship between the Lord and

His servitor is very sweet and transcen­dental. The servitor is always

ready to render a service to the Lord, and, similarly, the Lord is

always seeking an opportunity to render some service to the devotee.

He takes greater pleasure in His pure devotee's assuming the

advantageous position of ordering Him than He does in being the giver

of orders. As master, everyone is under His orders, and no one is

above Him to order Him. But when he finds that a pure devotee is

ordering Him, He obtains transcendental pleasure, although He is the

infallible master of all circumstances.

As a pure devotee of the Lord, Arjuna had no desire to fight with his

cousins and brothers, but he was forced to come onto the battlefield

by the obstinacy of Duryodhana, who was never agreeable to any

peaceful negotiation. Therefore, he was very anxious to see who the

leading persons present on the battlefield were. Although there was

no question of a peacemaking endeavor on the battlefield, he wanted

to see them again, and to see how much they were bent upon demanding

an unwanted war.

 

TEXT 23

 

yotsyamanan avekse'ham

ya ete'tra samagatah

dhartarastrasya durb uddher

yuddhe priya-cikirsavah

 

yotsyamanan—those who will he fighting; avekse—let me see; aham—I; ye—

who; ete—those; atra— here; samagatah— assembled; dhartarastrasya—

the son of Dhrtarastra; durbuddheh—evil-minded; yuddhe—in the fight;.

priya—well; cikirsavah—wishing.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the

evil-minded son of Dhrtarastra.

 

PURPORT

 

It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of

the Pandavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father,

Dhrtarastra. Therefore, all persons who had joined the side of

Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather. Arjuna wanted to

see them in the battlefield before the fight was begun, just to learn

who they were, but he had no intention of proposing peace

negotiations with them. It was also a fact that he wanted to see them

to make an estimate of the strength which he had to face, although he

was quite confident of victory because Krsna was sitting by his side.

 

All Translations are done By His Grace Srila Prabhupada.I know this

is just the Beggining of the Gita,but this sets ,the sceen, for Krsna

To Tell the Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna,Just as he had told it, to the

Demigod of the Sun,The Sungod Vivisvan,Many Hundreds of Thousands of

Years Before!Krsna can remember Everything,But We cannot remember

What happened Yesterday,So please Read This,so we may go on,to the

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