Bhagavad Gita 1.26तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥

tatrāpaśhyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝīn atha pitāmahān āchāryān mātulān bhrātṝīn

putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā śhvaśhurān suhṛidaśh chaiva senayor ubhayor api

Sanskrit recitation

1.25 1.27

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Translation

Then, Arjuna (son of Pritha) saw there (in the armies) stationed fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, and friends.

Hindi translation

उसके बाद पृथानन्दन अर्जुनने उन दोनों ही सेनाओंमें स्थित पिताओंको, पितामहोंको, आचार्योंको, मामाओंको, भाइयोंको, पुत्रोंको, पौत्रोंको तथा मित्रोंको, ससुरोंको और सुहृदोंको भी देखा।

Meaning

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.

After A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The field is set· 1.1–1.27→

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api: also
cha: and
eva: indeed
atha: thereafter
tatra: there
tathā: also
putrān: sons
sakhīn: friends
pautrān: grandsons
sthitān: stationed
apaśhyat: saw
mātulān: maternal uncles
pitṝīn: fathers
senayoḥ: armies
ubhayoḥ: in both armies
pārthaḥ: Arjun
pitāmahān: grandfathers
āchāryān: teachers
bhrātṝīn: brothers
suhṛidaḥ: well-wishers
śhvaśhurān: fathers-in-law

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