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Chapter 1 · Verse 22

Arjuna Visada Yoga

अर्जुनविषादयोग

यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् | कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे ||१-२२||

yāvadetānnirikṣe.ahaṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān . kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame ||1-22||

In plain words

This instructs you to face your obstacles directly and assess them with absolute honesty. To perform your dharma, your righteous duty, you must first understand what you are up against. Do not hide from your problems, but look at them clearly, stripping away the maya of denial and false comfort.

Translation

1.22 So that I may have a good look at those who are standing eager to fight and know with whom I have to fight in this enterprise of war.

Meaning

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Word by word

-- 1.22 सेनयोः of the armies उभयोः of both मध्ये in the middle रथम् car स्थापय place मे my अच्युत O Achyuta (O changeless. Krishna) यावत् while एतान् these निरीक्षे behold अहम् I योद्धुकामान् desirous to fight अवस्थितान् standing कैः with whom मया by me सह together योद्धव्यम् must be fought अस्मिन् in this रणसमुद्यमे eve of battle. No