BG 1.20

अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान् कपिध्वजः। प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः॥

atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ / pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ

"Arjuna lifts his bow — then pauses. The crisis begins here."

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3 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
Then, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party standing arrayed, and the discharge of weapons about to begin, Arjuna — whose flag bore the sign of Hanuman — took up his bow.

William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)

[6]
Then Arjuna, whose banner bore the sign of Hanuman the monkey-god, beholding the men of Dhritarashtra arrayed, prepared to shoot, raised his bow.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
Then Arjuna — on the flag of whose car sits the ape — seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's side standing arrayed, and the discharge of weapons commenced, taking up his bow...