Shloka 14
अनीकमध्ये तिष्ठन्तं राजपुत्रं दुरासदम् | अब्रवीद् भरतश्रेष्ठं गुडाकेशं जनार्दन:,उस समय सेनाके मध्यभागमें खड़े हुए दुर्जय वीर निद्राविजयी भरतश्रेष्ठ राजकुमार अर्जुनसे भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने इस प्रकार कहा
anīkamadhye tiṣṭhantaṃ rājaputraṃ durāsadam | abravīd bharataśreṣṭhaṃ guḍākeśaṃ janārdanaḥ ||
Then Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), seeing the prince Arjuna—hard to assail—standing in the very midst of the battle-array, addressed that best of the Bharatas, the conqueror of sleep, as follows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets the moral stage rather than giving a doctrine: at the very center of conflict, the warrior must be guided by higher discernment. Kṛṣṇa’s address signals that right action (dharma) in war requires clarity, restraint, and principled counsel, not mere impulse.
Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) speaks to Arjuna, who is standing amid the assembled forces. It is a transition into Kṛṣṇa’s instruction, highlighting Arjuna’s readiness and the immediacy of the battlefield context.