Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingअथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।
प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः
atha vyavasthitān dṛiṣhṭvā dhārtarāṣhṭrān kapi-dhwajaḥ
pravṛitte śhastra-sampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaO King, thereafter, seeing Dhrtarastra's men standing in their positions, with all the weapons ready for action, the son of Pandu, Arjuna, who had the insignia of Hanuman on his chariot-flag, raised his bow and said the following to Hrsikesa.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
हे महीपते ! इस प्रकार जब युद्ध प्रारम्भ होने वाला ही था कि कपिध्वज अर्जुन ने धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों को स्थित देखकर धनुष उठाकर भगवान् हृषीकेश से ये शब्द कहे।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiअथव् यवस् थितान् दृष्ट्वा
धार्त राष्ट्रान् कपिध्व जः
प्रवृत् ते शस्त्र सम्पाते
धनु रुद्यम्य पाण्डवः
॥ २० ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthaathathereupon
vyavasthitānarrayed
dṛiṣhṭvāseeing
dhārtarāṣhṭrānDhritarashtra’s sons
kapi-dwajaḥthe Monkey Bannered
pravṛitteabout to commence
śhastra-sampāteto use the weapons
dhanuḥbow
udyamyataking up
pāṇḍavaḥArjun, the son of Pandu
hṛiṣhīkeśhamto Shree Krishna
tadāat that time
vākyamwords
idamthese
āhasaid
mahī-pateKing
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA1.20What does Arjuna do at the very moment the clash of weapons is to begin?
O King, thereafter, seeing Dhrtarastra's men standing in their positions, with all the weapons ready for action, the son of Pandu, Arjuna, who had the insignia of Hanuman on his chariot-flag, raised his bow and said the following to Hrsikesa.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.