Chapter 1, Verse 34
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः। मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।।1.34।।
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ। mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā।।1.34।।
Word by word
- आचार्याः
- teachers
- पितरः
- fathers
- पुत्राः
- sons
- तथा
- and so, likewise
- एव
- indeed, certainly
- च
- and
- पितामहाः
- grandfathers
- मातुलाः
- maternal uncles
- श्वशुराः
- fathers-in-law
- पौत्राः
- grandsons
- श्यालाः
- brothers-in-law
- सम्बन्धिनः
- relatives, kinsmen by marriage
- तथा
- also, as well
Commentary
I do not wish for victory, O Krishna! nor sovereignty, nor pleasures: what is sovereignty to us, O Govinda! what enjoyments, and even life? Even those, for whose sake we desire sovereignty, enjoyments, and pleasures, are standing here for battle, abandoning life and wealth-preceptors, fathers, sons as well as grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, as also (other) relatives. These I do not wish to kill, though they kill (me), O destroyer of Madhu! even for the sake of sovereignty over the three worlds, how much less then for this earth (alone)?
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.
Verse Builder
Tap each meaning in order to match its Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit (in order)
Your answer
Word bank
Tap a word to place it in the next open slot. Tap a placed word to send it back.