BG 1.24-25

सञ्जय उवाच
एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत ।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम् ॥
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥
sañjaya uvāca
evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata
senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam
bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti

Word-for-word meanings

sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said;  bhārata — O descendant of Bharata;  evam — thus;  uktaḥ — addressed;  guḍākeśena — by Arjuna;  hṛṣīkeśaḥ — Kṛṣṇa;  sthāpayitvā — placing;  ratha-uttamam — the magnificent chariot;  madhye — in the midst;  ubhayoḥ — of both;  senayoḥ — of the armies;  pramukhataḥ — facing;  bhīṣma — Bhīṣma;  droṇa — Droṇa;  ca — and;  sarveṣām — all;  mahī-kṣitām — the rulers of the earth;  uvāca — said;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  paśya — behold;  etān — these;  kurūn — Kauravas [the members of the Kuru dynasty];  samavetān — assembled [here].

Translation

Sañjaya said: O descendant of Bharata, thus addressed by Guḍākeśa (Arjuna), Hṛṣīkeśa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) placed the magnificent chariot between the two armies, facing Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and all the rulers of the earth, and said, “O Pārtha (Arjuna), behold these Kauravas assembled here.”

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