अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान् कपिध्वजः ।प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ॥
atha vyavasthitāndṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥpravṛtte śastrasaṁpāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
Then, beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra standing in battle order, and the flight of missiles having begun, the son of Pandu (Arjuna), whose emblem is an ape, took up his bow and spoke this word to Hrishikesha, O Lord of earth.
Compiled rendering · Anilbaran Roy
AI translation
His translation
Then giving joy birth in Duryodhan’s heart the Grandsire, elder of the Kurus, thundered loud his warcry’s lion roar and blew his conchshell’s blare, the man of might. Then conchshell and bugle, trumpet and horn and drum, all suddenly were smitten and blown and a huge and rushing sound arose. Then in their mighty car erect, their car with snowwhite steeds, Mâdhava & the Pandove blew their divine shells, Hrishikesh on Pânchajanya, on Dévadutta, godgiven, Dhanunjoy blew, and on his great shell from far Bengal blew Bhema Wolfbelly, the man of dreadful deeds, and on Anuntavijoy, boundless Conquest, Yudhisthere, the King, even Coonty’s son, and Nacool & Sahodave on Sughosha Far-Sounding and Manipushpaca, Jewel-Flower. And Kâshi’s King, that excellent bowman and Shikhandi, that great fighter and Dhristadyoumna and Virât and Sâtyaqy unconquered, and Drupad and the children of Droupady and Subhadra’s great-armed son, all these from all sides blew each his separate shell, O lord of earth, that the thunder of them tore the hearts of Dhritarashtra’s sons and earth & heaven reechoed with the clamour & the roar. Now as the Ape-bannered, the Pandove, saw the Dhritarashtrians at their warlike posts, so heaved he up his bow and even as the shafts began to fall spake to Hrishikésha this word, O King.
Writings in Bengali
In order to understand fully the motives and causes of the acts and words of a man, it is necessary to know under what circumstances the acts were done or the words spoken. When at the start of the great war of Kurukshetra the exchange of missiles had begun, pravṛtte śastra-sampāte, it was at that moment that the Lord revealed the Gita. To many this has occasioned surprise and annoyance; they say it must have been due to the author’s carelessness or faulty intelligence. But in actual fact, Sri Krishna revealed the knowledge contained in the Gita, at that particular moment and in that situation to a person in that frame of mind, with full knowledge of the time, place and circumstance.
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrāan kapidhvajaḥ
pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ (20)Then, seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra standing arrayed and the flight of missiles about to begin, the Pandava (Arjuna), whose banner bore the emblem of Hanuman, took up his bow and spoke this word to Hrishikesha, O Lord of Earth.
আবশ্যক। কুরুক্ষেত্র মহাযুদ্ধের প্রারম্ভকালে যখন শস্ত্রপ্রয়োগ আরম্ভ হইয়াছে — প্রবৃত্তে শস্ত্রসম্পাতে — সেই সময়ে ভগবান গীতা প্রকাশ করিয়াছেন। ইহাতে অনেকে বিস্মিত ও বিরক্ত হন, বলেন ইহা নিশ্চয় কবির অসাবধানতা বা বুদ্ধির দোষ। প্রকৃতপক্ষে সেই সময়ে সেই স্থানে সেইরূপ ভাবাপন্ন পাত্রকে দেশকালপাত্র বুঝিয়া শ্রীকৃষ্ণ গীতোক্ত জ্ঞান প্রকাশ করিয়াছেন।
অথ ব্যবস্থিতান্ দৃষ্ট্বা ধার্ত্তরাষ্ট্রান্ কপিধ্বজঃ।
প্রবৃত্তে শস্ত্রসম্পাতে ধনুরুদ্যম্য পাণ্ডবঃ॥২০॥
হৃষীকেশং তদা বাক্যমিদমাহ মহীপতে।তখন শস্ত্রনিক্ষেপ আরব্ধ হইবার পরে পাণ্ডুপুত্র অর্জ্জুন ধনু উত্তোলন করিয়া হৃষীকেশকে এই কথা বলিলেন।
