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यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् ।
कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे ॥ १-२२॥


yāvadetānnirīkṣe’haṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān
kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame 1-22


In the midst of the two armies, place my chariot, O Achyuta, that I may behold those who stand here desirous of fighting and, on the eve of this battle, let me know with whom I must fight.


yāvat = as long as; etān = all these; nirīkṣe = may look upon; ahaṃ = I; yoddhukāmān = desiring to fight; avasthitān = arrayed on the battlefield; kaiḥ = with whom; mayā = by me; saha = together; yoddhavyaṃ = have to fight; asmin = in this; raṇa = strife; samudyame = in the attempt.;

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