TEXTS 21-22

Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाच
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ।
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्‍धुकामानवस्थितान् ॥ २१ ॥
कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्‍रणसमुद्यमे ॥ २२ ॥

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Tekst

arjuna uvāca
senayor ubhayor madhye
rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’cyuta
yāvad etān nirīkṣe ’haṁ
yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān

kair mayā saha yoddhavyam
asmin raṇa-samudyame

Synonyms

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; senayoḥ — of the armies; ubhayoḥ — both; madhye — between; ratham — the chariot; sthāpaya — please keep; me — my; acyuta — O infallible one; yāvat — as long as; etān — all these; nirīkṣe — may look upon; aham — I; yoddhu-kāmān — desiring to fight; avasthitān — arrayed on the battlefield; kaiḥ — with whom; mayā — by me; saha — together; yoddhavyam — have to fight; asmin — in this; raṇa — strife; samudyame — in the attempt.

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna sagde; senayoḥ — hærene; ubhayoḥ — begge; madhye — ind mellem; ratham — stridsvognen; sthāpaya — vær god at føre; me — min; acyuta — O Du ufejlbarlige; yāvat — sådan at; etān — alle disse; nirīkṣe — kan se på; aham — jeg; yoddhu-kāmān — der ønsker at kæmpe; avasthitān — der er opstillet på slagmarken; kaiḥ — med hvem; mayā — af mig; saha — sammen; yoddhavyam — er nødt til at kæmpe; asmin — i denne; raṇa — strid; samudyame — i forsøget.

Translation

Arjuna said: O infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two armies so that I may see those present here, who desire to fight, and with whom I must contend in this great trial of arms.

Arjuna sagde: O Du ufejlbarlige, vær god at føre min stridsvogn ind mellem de to hære, så jeg kan se dem, der er til stede her med et ønske om at kæmpe, og mod hvem jeg må dyste i dette store slag.

Purport

Although Lord Kṛṣṇa 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, Hṛṣīkeśa, 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 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. Since He is 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 in all circumstances.

FORKLARING: Skønt Herren Kṛṣṇa er Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, var Han af Sin årsagsløse nåde engageret i Sin vens tjeneste. Han svigter aldrig i Sin kærlighed til Sine hengivne, og derfor tiltales Han her som ufejlbarlig. Som vognstyrer måtte Han følge Arjunas ordrer, og fordi Han ikke tøvede med at gøre det, tiltales Han her som ufejlbarlig. Selv om Han havde accepteret at være vognstyrer for Sin hengivne, formindskede det ikke Hans suveræne position. Han er under alle omstændigheder Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, Hṛṣīkeśa, Herren over alle sanser. Forholdet mellem Herren og Hans tjener er smukt og transcendentalt. Tjeneren er altid rede til at tjene Herren, og Herren benytter ligeledes enhver lejlighed til at tjene Sin hengivne. Han finder større glæde i at lade Sig beordre af Sin rene hengivne, end Han finder i Selv at give ordrer. Eftersom Han er Herren, er alle underlagt Hans ordrer. Ingen står over Ham og kan give Ham ordrer. Men når Han lader Sig beordre af en ren hengiven, finder Han transcendental nydelse deri, selv om Han under alle omstændigheder forbliver den ufejlbarlige Herre.

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.

Arjuna havde som Herrens rene hengivne intet ønske om at kæmpe mod sine fætre og brødre, men på grund af Duryodhanas stædighed blev han tvunget til at indfinde sig på slagmarken, for Duryodhana nægtede at gå med til nogen form for fredsforhandling. Arjuna var derfor spændt på at se, hvem de ledende personer, der var mødt op på slagmarken, var. Skønt en fredsaftale var udelukket på dette tidspunkt, ville han gerne se dem igen for at danne sig et indtryk af, hvor opsatte de var på en uønsket krig.