BG 1.20-21a
अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः ।
प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ॥
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ।
प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ॥
हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ।
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ
pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate
pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate
Word-for-word meanings
atha — then; mahī-pate — O Emperor [Dhṛtarāṣṭra]; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; dhārtarāṣṭrān — your sons and supporters; vyavasthitān — arrayed for battle; pāṇḍavaḥ — the son of Pāṇḍu [Arjuna]; kapi-dhvajaḥ — whose flag bears the symbol of Hanumān; udyamya — taking up; dhanuḥ — [his] bow; pravṛtte — in preparation; śastra-sampāte — to wield his weapons; tadā — at that time; āha — spoke; idam — these; vākyam — words; hṛṣīkeśam — unto Kṛṣṇa.
Translation
Then, O Emperor, seeing your sons and supporters arrayed for battle, Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu, whose flag bears the symbol of Hanumān, took up his bow in preparation to shoot arrows and at that time addressed Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the following words.