अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान् कपिध्वजः | प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः | हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ||१-२०||
atha vyavasthitāndṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ . pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ ||1-20||
- atha
- thereupon
- vyavasthitān
- situated
- dṛṣṭvā
- looking upon
- dhārtarāṣṭrān
- the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- kapi-dhvajaḥ
- he whose flag was marked with Hanumān
- pravṛtte
- while about to engage
- śastra-sampāte
- in releasing his arrows
- dhanuḥ
- bow
- udyamya
- taking up
- pāṇḍavaḥ
- the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna)
At that time Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu, seated in the chariot bearing the flag marked with Hanumān, took up his bow and prepared to shoot his arrows. O King, after looking at the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra drawn in military array, Arjuna then spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa these words.