TEXT 26

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tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ
pitṝn atha pitāmahān
ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn
putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā
śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva
senayor ubhayor api

Synonyms

tatra — dort; apaśyat — er konnte sehen; sthitān — stehend; pārthaḥ — Arjuna; pitṛn — Väter; atha — auch; pitāmahān — Großväter; ācāryān — Lehrer; mātulān — Onkel mütterlicherseits; bhrātṛn — Brüder; putrān — Söhne; pautrān — Enkel; sakhīn — Freunde; tathā — auch; śvaśurān — Schwiegerväter; suhṛdaḥ — Gönner; ca — auch; eva — gewiß; senayoḥ — der Heere; ubhayoḥ — beider Parteien; api — einschließlich.

tatra — there; apaśyat — he could see; sthitān — standing; pārthaḥ — Arjuna; pitṝn — fathers; atha — also; pitāmahān — grandfathers; ācāryān — teachers; mātulān — maternal uncles; bhrātṝn — brothers; putrān — sons; pautrān — grandsons; sakhīn — friends; tathā — too; śvaśurān — fathers-in-law; suhṛdaḥ — well-wishers; ca — also; eva — certainly; senayoḥ — of the armies; ubhayoḥ — of both parties; api — including.

Translation

Da erkannte Arjuna, der mitten zwischen den Heeren beider Parteien stand, seine Väter, Großväter, Lehrer, Onkel mütterlicherseits, Brüder, Söhne, Enkel, Freunde und auch seine Schwiegerväter und seine Gönner.

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.

Purport

ERLÄUTERUNG: Auf dem Schlachtfeld sah Arjuna alle möglichen Verwandten. Er erkannte Persönlichkeiten wie Bhūriśravā, die Altersgenossen seines Vaters waren, sowie seine Großväter Bhīṣma und Somadatta, Lehrer wie Droṇācārya und Kṛpācārya, Onkel mütterlicherseits wie Śalya und Śakuni, Brüder wie Duryodhana, Söhne wie Lakṣmaṇa, Freunde wie Aśvatthāmā, Gönner wie Kṛtavarmā usw. Ebenso konnte er in den Heeren viele seiner Freunde erkennen.

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.