Word meanings
- tān
- these
- samīkṣya
- on seeing
- saḥ
- they
- kaunteyaḥ
- Arjun, the son of Kunti
- sarvān
- all
- bandhūn
- relatives
- avasthitān
- present
- kṛpayā
- by compassion
- parayā
- great
- āviṣṭaḥ
- overwhelmed
- viṣīdan
- deep sorrow
- idam
- this
- abravīt
- spoke
Translations
He saw fathers-in-law and friends in both the armies. The son of Kunti, Arjuna, seeing all those kinsmen thus standing arrayed, spoke sorrowfully, deeply filled with pity.
Fathers-in-law and benefactors were arrayed on both sides, and Arjuna then gazed at all those kinsmen before him.
The son of Kunti, Arjuna, seeing all those relatives arrayed there, became overwhelmed by supreme compassion and sorrowfully said this:
अपनी-अपनी जगह पर स्थित उन सम्पूर्ण बान्धवों को देखकर वे कुन्तीनन्दन अर्जुन अत्यन्त कायरता से युक्त होकर विषाद करते हुए ये वचन बोले।