Chapter 1, Verse 20
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः। प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrānkapidhvajaḥ. pravṛtte śastrasaṃpāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ.1.20.
Word by word
- अथ
- then
- व्यवस्थितान्
- drawn up in battle array, arrayed
- दृष्ट्वा
- having seen
- धार्तराष्ट्रान्
- the sons of Dhritarashtra (accusative plural)
- कपिध्वजः
- he whose banner bears a monkey (Arjuna)
- प्रवृत्ते
- when about to commence, having begun (locative absolute)
- शस्त्रसंपाते
- the discharge/clash of weapons
- धनुः
- bow
- उद्यम्य
- having raised up
- पाण्डवः
- the son of Pandu (Arjuna)
Commentary
Then seeing (the people of) Dhritarashtra's party regularly marshalled, the son of Pandu, whose standard is the ape, raised his bow, after the discharge of missiles had commenced, and O king of the earth! spake these words to Hrishikesa:
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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