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Then, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra’s party standing arrayed and the discharge of weapons about to begin, Arjuna, the son of Pandu, whose ensign was a monkey, took up his bow and said the following to Krishna, O Lord of the earth.

Then, O king, seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra drawn up in array as the weapons were about to clash, the son of Pandu whose banner bears the monkey raised his bow,

The focus now narrows to Arjuna. His banner bears the image of Hanuman, the monkey hero, a sign associated with protection and victory. As the armies stand ready and the first weapons are about to fly, Arjuna lifts his bow. Everything in the verse speaks of readiness to fight. This makes what follows the more striking, for the same hand that raises the bow here will let it fall by the end of the chapter. The sentence runs on into the next verse, where Arjuna speaks for the first time.