Gita Verse 1.27

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 27

Sanskrit Verse

श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि।

तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान्।।1.27।।

Transliteration

tān samīkṣhya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān

kṛipayā parayāviṣhṭo viṣhīdann idam abravīt

Word meanings

tān—these; samīkṣhya—on seeing; saḥ—they; kaunteyaḥ—Arjun, the son of Kunti; sarvān—all; bandhūn—relatives; avasthitān—present; kṛipayā—by compassion; parayā—great; āviṣhṭaḥ—overwhelmed; viṣhīdan—deep sorrow; idam—this; abravīt—spoke

Swami Sivananda's translation

He saw fathers-in-law and friends in both the armies. The son of Kunti, Arjuna, seeing all those kinsmen thus standing arrayed, spoke sorrowfully, deeply filled with pity.

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