September 3,2012. Day 28.BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada .Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra (Continued) TEXT 26

 BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada

 Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra (Continued)

TEXT 26

 tatrapasyat sthitan parthah 
pitrn atha pitamahan 
acaryan matulan bhratrn 
putran pautran sakhims tatha 
svasuran suhrdas caiva 
senayor ubhayor api

SYNONYMS

       tatra--there; apasyat--he could see; sthitan--standing; parthah--Arjuna; pitrn--fathers; atha--also; pitamahan--grandfathers; acaryan--teachers; matulan--maternal uncles; bhratrn--brothers; putran--sons;pautran--grandsons; sakhin--friends; tatha--too; svasuran--fathers-in-law; suhrdah--well-wishers; ca--also; eva--certainly; senayoh--of the armies; ubhayoh--of both parties; api--including.

 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 father-in-law and well-wishers--all 

PURPORT

On the battlefield Arjuna could see all kinds of relatives. He could see persons like Bhurisrava, who were his father's contemporaries, grandfathers Bhisma and Somadatta, teachers like Dronacarya and Krpacarya, maternal uncles like Salya and Sakuni, brothers like Duryodhana, sons like Laksmana, friends like Asvatthama, well-wishers like Krtavarma, etc. He could see also the armies which contained many of his friends.