Verse 1.34

आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।

मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥

1.34

Transliteration

ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ |

mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Teachers, fathers, sons and also grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives,-

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Word by word

teachers
fathers
sons
likewise
indeed
and
grandfathers

maternal uncles
fathers-in-law
grandsons
brothers-in-law
relatives
and others

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna names again the relations he sees before him: teachers, elders, sons, grandsires, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other kin. Earlier in the chapter Sanjaya listed them; now Arjuna lists them himself, in his own voice. The repetition is not accidental. Grief often returns to the same details, and the list conveys how completely the war has become, for him, a matter of family. Every category of human bond appears, which is why no political justification seems strong enough to him.