From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa)
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Subject: Daily verse BG 1.21-22
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 13:34:58 EST
Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa)
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                              TEXT 21-22

                              arjuna uvaca
                        senayor ubhayor madhye
                        ratham sthapaya me 'cyuta
                        yavad etan nirikse 'ham
                         yoddhu-kaman avasthitan
                       kair maya saha yoddhavyam
                          asmin rana-samudyame

  
arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; senayoh--of the armies; ubhayoh--both;
madhye--between; ratham--the chariot; sthapaya--please keep; me--my;
acyuta--O infallible one; yavat--as long as; etan--all these;
nirikse--may look upon; aham--I; yoddhu-kaman--desiring to fight;
avasthitan--arrayed on the battlefield; kaih--with whom; maya--by me;
saha--together; yoddhavyam--have to fight; asmin--in this;
rana--strife; samudyame--in the attempt.

    
                              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.

  
                                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 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 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.

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami


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