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Chapter 1 · Verse 26

Arjuna Visada Yoga

अर्जुनविषादयोग

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् | आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ||१-२६||

tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitṝnatha pitāmahān . ācāryānmātulānbhrātṛnputrānpautrānsakhīṃstathā ||1-26||

In plain words

This urges you to recognize how deeply you are bound by personal relationships and worldly attachments. When you look at your life, you often see only your personal ties, which can distract you from your dharma, your righteous duty in life. Acknowledging these deep bonds is necessary before you can learn to act with selfless detachment.

Translation

1.26 Then as Arjuna looked on, he saw standing there fathers and grand-fathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons and comrades;

Meaning

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Word by word

तत्र there अपश्यत् saw स्थितान् stationed पार्थः Partha पितृ़न् fathers अथ also पितामहान्grandfathers आचार्यान् teachers मातुलान् maternal uncles भ्रातृ़न् brothers पुत्रान् sons पौत्रान् grandsons सखीन् friends तथा too. No