TEXT 26

Devanagari

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान्।
आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।
श्वश‍ुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ॥ २६ ॥

Text

Tekst

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

Synonyms

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.

tatra — dér; apaśyat — han kunne se; sthitān — stående; pārthaḥ — Arjuna; pitṝn — fædre; atha — også; pitā-mahān — bedstefædre; ācāryān — lærere; mātulān — morbrødre; bhrātṝn — brødre; putrān — sønner; pautrān — børnebørn; sakhīn — venner; tathā — også; śvaśurān — svigerfædre; suhṛdaḥ — velønskere; ca — også; eva — sandelig; senayoḥ — blandt hærene; ubhayoḥ — begge siders; api — indbefattet.

Translation

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.

Der blandt begge siders hære kunne Arjuna se sine fædre, bedstefædre, lærere, morbrødre, brødre, sønner, sønnesønner og venner såvel som sine svigerfædre og velyndere.

Purport

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.

FORKLARING: På slagmarken stod Arjuna over for alle mulige slægtninge. Han så personer som Bhūriśravā, der var hans fars jævnaldrende. Han kunne se sine bedstefædre som Bhīṣma og Somadatta, lærere som Droṇācārya og Kṛpācārya, morbrødre som Śalya og Śakuni, brødre som Duryodhana, sønner som Lakṣmaṇa, venner som Aśvatthāmā, velyndere som Kṛtavarmā osv. Han kunne også se hærene, der indeholdt mange af hans venner.