SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
sanjaya uvAcha –
EvamukthO hrishikESO gudAkESEna bhAratha |
sEnayOr ubhayOr madhyE sthApayithvA rathOththamam ||
word-by-word meaning
sanjaya uvAcha – sanjaya said
bhAratha – Oh dhritharAshtra who is born in the bharatha clan!
hrishikESa – krishNa who is the controller of senses
gudAkESEna – arjuna who has won over sleep
Evam – in this manner
uktha: – spoke
ubhayO: sEnayO: madhyE – in-between the line-ups of both armies
rathOththamam – the best chariot (of arjuna)
sthApayithvA – positioned it
Simple Translation
sanjaya said to dhritharAshtra – Oh dhritharAshtra who is born in the bharatha clan! krishNa (controller of senses) spoke the following to arjuna (who has won over sleep) and positioned the best chariot (of arjuna) in-between the line-ups of both armies.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
(Sanjaya continues) “O Bhārata[1. The descendant of Bharata.] (i.e. Dhṛitarāshtra)! Gudākesa[2. A name of Arjuna, Lit., “Curl-haired or Sleepless”.] thus addressing, Hṛishīkeśa planted the splendid chariot between the two armies,”
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