Bhagavad Gita 1.27
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि। तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान्।।1.27।।
śvaśurānsuhṛdaścaiva senayorubhayorapi. tānsamīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvānbandhūnavasthitān.1.27.
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- श्वशुरान्
- fathers-in-law
- सुहृदः
- friends
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed
- सेनयोः
- of the two armies
- उभयोः
- of both
- अपि
- even/also
- तान्
- them
- समीक्ष्य
- having seen/observed
- सः
- he
- कौन्तेयः
- the son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- सर्वान्
- all
- बन्धून्
- relatives/kinsmen
- अवस्थितान्
- standing/positioned
Commentary
There the son of Pritha saw in both armies, fathers and grandfathers, preceptors, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, companions, fathers-in-law, as well as friends. And seeing all those kinsmen standing (there), the son of Kunti was overcome by excessive pity, and spake thus despondingly. Arjuna said:
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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