ath vyavasthitandrishtva dhartarashtran kapidhvaj:.
pravritte shastrasampate dhanurudyamy pandav: ॥20॥
hrishikeshan tada vakyamidamah mahipate .
he mahipate dhritarashtr! ab shastr chalane ki taiyari ho hi rahi thi ki us samay anyay poorvak rajy ko dharan karane vale rajaoan aur unake sathiyoan ko vyavasthit roop se samane kh de hue dekhakar kapidhvaj pandu putr arjun ne apana gandiv dhanush utha liya aur antaryami bhagavan shrikrishn se yah vachan bole.
arjun uvach
senayorubhayormadhye rathan sthapay meachyut ॥21॥
yavadetanniriksheahan yoddhukamanavasthitanh .
kairmaya sah yoddhavyamasminranasamudyame ॥22॥
arjun bole- he achyut! donoan senaoan ke madhy mean mere rath ko (ap tab tak) kh da kijiye, jab tak maian (yuddhakshetr mean) kh de hue in yuddh ki ichchha vale ko dekh n looan ki is yuddharoop udyog mean mujhe kin-kin ke sath yuddh karana yogy hai.
