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Bhagavad-gītā 1.26
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 26
- तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।
- आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ।
- श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ॥२६॥
- tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ
- pitṟn atha pitāmahān
- ācāryān mātulān bhrātṟn
- putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā
- śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva
- senayor ubhayor api
tatrathere — there; apaśyathe could see — he could see; sthitānstanding — standing; pārthaḥArjuna — Arjuna; pitṟnfathers — fathers; athaalso — also; pitāmahāngrandfathers — grandfathers; ācāryānteachers — teachers; mātulānmaternal uncles — maternal uncles; bhrātṟnbrothers — brothers; putrānsons — sons; pautrāngrandsons — grandsons; sakhīnfriends — friends; tathātoo — too; śvaśurānfathers-in-law — fathers-in-law; suhṛdaḥwell-wishers — well-wishers; caalso — also; evacertainly — certainly; senayoḥof the armies — of the armies; ubhayoḥof both parties — of both parties; apiincluding — including.
There Arjuna could see, within the midst of the armies of both parties, his fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends, and also his fathers-in-law and well-wishers.
On the battlefield Arjuna could see all kinds of relatives. He could see persons like Bhūriśravā, who were his father's contemporaries, grandfathers Bhīṣma and Somadatta, teachers like Droṇācārya and Kṛpācārya, maternal uncles like Śalya and Śakuni, brothers like Duryodhana, sons like Lakṣmaṇa, friends like Aśvatthāmā, well-wishers like Kṛtavarmā, etc. He could see also the armies which contained many of his friends.