yāvadetānnirīkṣe'haṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān |kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasminraṇasamudyame ||
…so that I may look over these men standing ready, eager to fight, and see with whom I must fight in this undertaking of battle.
Explanation
Arjuna continues the request he began in the previous verse, asking Krishna, his charioteer, to place the chariot between the two armies. He wants to survey the warriors drawn up against him and see whom he will have to fight. The verse sets up the scene that leads to his crisis of conscience, when he recognises his own relatives among them.