तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान् पार्थ: पितृ नथ पितामहान् आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि
tatrāpaśhyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝīn atha pitāmahān āchāryān mātulān bhrātṝīn putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā śhvaśhurān suhṛidaśh chaiva senayor ubhayor api
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (21 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Arjuna's gaze sweeps both armies and finds not enemies but relationships — fathers, grandfathers, teachers, uncles, sons, friends, in-laws — the verse deliberately piles up nine categories of kinship to make the scale of what's at stake impossible to ignore.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:What looks like a battlefield of soldiers is, from Arjuna's vantage point, a room full of family.