Bhagavad Gita 1.34
Chapter 1, verse 34
Meaning
“Teachers, fathers, sons and grandfathers; uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives: they are all here.”
The Sanskrit
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।
मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥ ३४ ॥
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ
mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ saṃbandhinas tathā
Say it
aa-chaar-yaah pi-tuh-ruh-ha poo-traas tuh-thai-vuh chuh pi-taa-muh-haa-ha
maa-too-laah shvuh-shoo-raah pau-traah shyaa-laah sum-bun-dhi-nus-tuh-thaa
Word by word
- ācāryāḥ
- teachers
- pitaraḥ
- fathers, elders of the father's generation
- putrāḥ
- sons
- tathā eva ca
- and likewise
- pitāmahāḥ
- grandfathers
- mātulāḥ
- uncles on the mother's side
- śvaśurāḥ
- fathers-in-law
- pautrāḥ
- grandsons
- śyālāḥ
- brothers-in-law
- saṃbandhinaḥ tathā
- and other relatives by marriage
Read it in context: verses 1.33–36Not for three worldsWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: When the prize loses its shine
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.34 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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