26. thathra apaSyath sThithaan paarThah pithRn atha
pithaamahaan
aachaaryaan maathulaan bhraahRn puthraaN pothraan
sakheen thaThaa
There Arjuna saw standing before him the fathers, grandfathers, gurus, uncles, brothers, sons , grandsons and friends,
27. Svasuraan suhrdhaSchaiva senayoH ubhayoH api
thaan sameekshya cha kounthyaH sarvaan
banDhoon avasThithaan
fathers-in law, close friends on both armies and seeing them all relatives stationed there Arjuna,
28. krpayaa parayaavishto visheedhan idham abraveeth
overwhelmed by pity said as follows.
Since the war was between cousins, all the relatives were present on both sides. Arjuna not only saw his grandfather , uncles etc. among the kourava forces but also saw them on his side also and he was overcome by pity that all these would have been killed as the result of war.
Krpayaaparyavishto- Arjuna was possessed by great pity, says Sanjaya, as the one possessed, aavishta. The word parayaa, great, means that the pity induced fear uncharacteristic of a hero like Arjuna.
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