Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair

Bhagavad Gita 1.21

hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate | senayorubhayormadhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me'cyuta ||

and spoke these words to Krishna, O King. Arjuna said: Achyuta, place my chariot between the two armies,

Modern context

Arjuna gives an order and Krishna, who is the greater of the two, will obey it. Then Arjuna asks to be taken to the middle, where both sides can be seen. Most of us view a conflict only from our own camp; the Gita begins when someone goes to look from between.