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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 26 tatrapasyat sthitan parthah
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 present there.
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.
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