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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 1.27
तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ।
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २७ ॥
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ
sarvān bandhūn avasthitān
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo
viṣīdann idam abravīt
When the son of Kuntī, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus.
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Seeing the different groups of friends and relatives, Arjuna became overwhelmed with compassion and began to speak.
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These notes cover verses 1.26–27
Arjuna sees all the relatives assembled on both the sides and thus overwhelmed with compassion, he starts speaking
Different grades of relatives mentioned
Grandfathers Bhisma and Somadatta; Father’s contemporaries like Bhurisrava
Teachers like Dronacharya and Krpacharya; Maternal uncles like Salva and Sakuni
Brothers like Duryodhana; Sons like Laksma
Friends like Asvatthama; Well-wishers like Krtavarma etc.
The armies containing many of his friends
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