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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.

That tumultuous uproar rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarâshtra, filling the earth and sky with sound. (19)

अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः । प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ॥ २० ॥

Then, beholding the sons of Dhritarâshtra standing arrayed, and flight of missiles about to begin, he whose crest is an ape, the son of Pându, took up his bow, (20)

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ।

अर्जुन उवाच ।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥ २१ ॥

And spake this word to Hrishîkesha, O Lord of Earth:

Arjuna said:

In the midst, between the two armies, stay my chariot, O Achyuta,[1] (21)


  1. The changeless, the immovable.