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BG 1 VERSE 26

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान्
आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि

tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ
pitṝn atha pitāmahān
ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn
putrān pautrān sakhīṃs tathā
śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva
senayor ubhayor api

SYNONYMS

tatra: there | apaśyat: he could see | sthitān: standing | pārthaḥ: Arjuna | pitṝn: fathers | atha: also | pitāmahān: grandfathers | ācāryān: teachers | mātulān: maternal uncles | bhrātṝn: brothers | putrān: sons | pautrān: grandsons | sakhīn: friends | suhṛdaḥ: wellwishers | ca: also | eva: certainly | senayoḥ: of the armies | ubhayoḥ: 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

Arjuna's lamentation
On the battlefield Arjuna could see all kinds of relatives. He could see persons like Bhūriśravā, who were his father’s contemporaries, grandfathers Bhīṣma and Somadatta, teachers like Droṇācārya and Kṛpācārya, maternal uncles like Śalya and Śakuni, brothers like Duryodhana, sons like Lakṣmaṇa, friends like Aśvatthāmā, well-wishers like Kṛtavarmā, etc. He could see also the armies which contained many of his friends.