सञ्जय उवाच ।एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत ।सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम् ॥
sañjaya uvāca |evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata |senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam ||
- सञ्जय · sañjaya
- Sanjaya
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- उक्तः · uktaḥ
- addressed, spoken to
- हृषीकेशः · hṛṣīkeśaḥ
- Hrishikesha (Krishna)
- गुडाकेशेन · guḍākeśena
- by Gudakesha (conqueror of sleep — Arjuna)
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata (descendant of Bharata — Dhritarashtra)
- सेनयोः · senayoḥ
- of the two armies
- उभयोः · ubhayoḥ
- of both
- मध्ये · madhye
- in the middle
- स्थापयित्वा · sthāpayitvā
- having stationed, halting
- रथोत्तमम् · rathottamam
- the excellent chariot
“Sanjaya said: Thus addressed by Gudakesha, O Bharata, Hrishikesha halted the excellent chariot between the two armies…”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna obeys without a word — the Lord as charioteer, taking orders. 'Gudakesha', conqueror of sleep, is painfully apt: Arjuna the ever-wakeful warrior is about to be ambushed by waking sight.
— Reader's notes (original)