Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukñetra
Bg 1.27
TEXT 27
tan samiksya sa kaunteyah
sarvan bandhun avasthitan
krpaya parayavisto
visidann idam abravit
SYNONYMS
tän—all of them; samékñya—after seeing; saù—he; kaunteyaù—the son of Kunté; sarvän—all kinds of; bandhün—relatives; avasthitän—situated; kåpayä—by compassion; parayä—of a high grade; äviñöaù—overwhelmed by; viñédan—while lamenting; idam—thus; abravét—spoke.
TRANSLATION
When the son of Kunté, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus: