Bhagavad Gita 1.27 Meaning: Shvashuransuhridashchaiva

Bhagavad Gita 1.27

श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ।तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ॥

Shvashuransuhridashchaiva senayorubhayorapiTansamikshya sa kaunteyah sarvanbandhunavasthitan

śvaśurānsuhṛdaścaiva senayorubhayorapi |tānsamīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvānbandhūnavasthitān ||

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Our explanation In both armies he also sees fathers-in-law and dear friends. Arjuna, the son of Kunti (Kaunteya), looks at all these relatives standing ready for battle.

हिंदी अर्थ दोनों सेनाओं में वे ससुर और हितैषी मित्र भी देखते हैं। कुन्तीपुत्र (कौन्तेय) अर्जुन अपने इन सब संबंधियों को युद्ध के लिए खड़ा देखते हैं।

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श्वशुरान् śvaśurān · fathers-in-law (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: śvaśura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1105, col. 3 “a father-in-law, husband's or wife's father”
सुहृदः suhṛdaḥ · well-wishers (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: su-hṛd, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1239, col. 3 “‘good-hearted,’ ‘kind-hearted,’ ‘well-disposed,’ a friend, ally”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
सेनयोः senayoḥ · of the armies (noun (feminine), locative dual) Dictionary: senā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1246, col. 2 “an army, armament, battle-array, armed force”
उभयोः ubhayoḥ · of both (pronoun (feminine), locative dual) Dictionary: ubhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 216, col. 2 “both, of both kinds”
अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
तान् tān · them (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
समीक्ष्य samīkṣya · having looked closely at (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: sam-īkṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1164, col. 3 “to look at or inspect thoroughly, investigate closely, view”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
कौन्तेयः kaunteyaḥ · the son of Kunti (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kaunteya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 316, col. 2 “metron. fr. Kuntī”
सर्वान् sarvān · all (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
बन्धून् bandhūn · kinsmen (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a kinsman (esp. on the mother's side), relative”
अवस्थितान् avasthitān · standing there (past participle (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: ava-sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 106, col. 1 “placed, having its place or abode”

Bhagavad Gita 1.27: meaning and translation

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