Bhagavad Gita 1.27
Chapter 1, verse 27
Meaning
He saw fathers-in-law and dear friends too, in both armies. And as the son of Kuntī looked closely at all of them, his own kinsmen standing ready for battle,
The Sanskrit
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ।
तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ॥ २७ ॥
śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva senayor ubhayor api
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān
Say it
shvuh-shoo-raan soo-hri-dush-chai-vuh say-nuh-yor oo-bhuh-yor uh-pi
taan suh-meek-shyuh suh koun-tay-yuh-huh sur-vaan bun-dhoon uh-vuh-sthi-taan
Word by word
- śvaśurān
- fathers-in-law
- suhṛdaḥ ca eva
- and well-wishers, dear friends
- senayoḥ ubhayoḥ api
- in both armies alike
- tān samīkṣya
- having looked closely at them
- saḥ kaunteyaḥ
- he, the son of Kuntī (Arjuna)
- sarvān bandhūn
- all his kinsmen
- avasthitān
- standing arrayed, drawn up
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 1.27 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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