Bhagavad Gita As It Is 1972.

Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. Text 27

tÄn samÄ«ká¹£ya sa kaunteyaḥ
sarvÄn bandhÅ«n avasthitÄn
ká¹›payÄ parayÄviṣṭo
viṣīdann idam abravīt

tan--all of them; samiksya--after seeing; sah--he; kaunteyah--the son of Kunti; sarvan--all kinds of; bandhun--relatives; avasthitan--situated; krpaya--by compassion; paraya--of a high grade; avistah--overwhelmed by; visidan--while lamenting; idam--thus; abravit--spoke.


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When the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus:

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