BG - 1.20

अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः। प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।

atha vyavasthitān dṛiṣhṭvā dhārtarāṣhṭrān kapi-dhwajaḥ pravṛitte śhastra-sampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate

• atha - thereupon
• vyavasthitān - arrayed
• dṛiṣhṭvā - seeing
• dhārtarāṣhṭrān - Dhritarashtra’s sons
• kapi-dwajaḥ - the Monkey Bannered
• pravṛitte - about to commence
• śhastra-sampāte - to use the weapons
• dhanuḥ - bow
• udyamya - taking up
• pāṇḍavaḥ - Arjun, the son of Pandu
• hṛiṣhīkeśham - to Shree Krishna
• tadā - at that time
• vākyam - words
• idam - these
• āha - said
• mahī-pate - King

Translation

Then, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party standing arrayed and the discharge of weapons about to begin, Arjuna, the son of Pandu whose ensign was a monkey, took up his bow and said the following to Krishna, O Lord of the Earth.

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