Chapter 1. Observing
the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
TEXT 27
tan samiksya sa kaunteyah
sarvan bandhun avasthitan
krpaya parayavisto
visidann idam abravit
SYNONYMS
tan--all
of them; samiksya--after seeing; sah--he; kaunteyah--the
son of Kunti; sarvan--all kinds of; bandhun--relatives; avasthitan--situated;
krpaya--by
compassion; paraya--of a high grade; avistah--overwhelmed
by; visidan--while lamenting; idam--thus; abravit--spoke.
TRANSLATION
When the
son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives,
he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus:
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