Bhagavad Gita 1.26
Chapter 1, verse 26
Meaning
There Arjuna saw them standing: men like fathers to him, and grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers and cousins, sons and grandsons, and friends as well.
The Sanskrit
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।
आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥ २६ ॥
tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝn atha pitāmahān
ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīṃs tathā
Say it
tuh-traa-push-yut sthi-taan paar-thuh-huh pi-trrin uh-thuh pi-taa-muh-haan
aa-chaar-yaan maa-too-laan bhraa-trrin poot-raan pau-traan suh-kheems tuh-thaa
Word by word
- tatra apaśyat
- there he saw
- sthitān
- standing
- pārthaḥ
- Pārtha (Arjuna)
- pitṝn
- fathers, father-figures (elders of his father's generation)
- atha pitāmahān
- and grandfathers
- ācāryān
- teachers
- mātulān
- maternal uncles
- bhrātṝn
- brothers, cousins
- putrān pautrān
- sons and grandsons
- sakhīn tathā
- and friends too
Read it in context: verses 1.25–28He saw his own peopleWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Faces change the question
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.26 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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