Shloka 20
Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्टवा धार्तराष्ट्रानू कपिध्वज: । प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डव:
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ | pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ ||
随后，见持国之子诸军列阵严整，旗帜绘有哈奴曼之徽的阿周那，在兵刃将交之际举起弓来，准备向赫利希凯沙（奎师那）开口。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse sets the ethical stage: just as violence is about to begin, Arjuna pauses to look directly at those he must fight. The coming teaching arises from this confrontation between duty in war and the moral weight of harming one’s own kin.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna seeing the Kaurava forces arrayed for battle. As the exchange of weapons is about to start, Arjuna lifts his bow—signaling readiness—yet this moment leads into his request to Kṛṣṇa to position the chariot between the armies so he can observe them.