तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥
tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝn atha pitāmahān |ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīṃs tathā ||
- तत्र · tatra
- there
- अपश्यत् · apaśyat
- saw, beheld
- स्थितान् · sthitān
- standing
- पार्थः · pārthaḥ
- Partha (Arjuna)
- पितॄन् · pitṝn
- fathers (elders, uncles)
- अथ · atha
- and, then
- पितामहान् · pitāmahān
- grandfathers (Bhishma)
- आचार्यान् · ācāryān
- teachers (Drona, Kripa)
- मातुलान् · mātulān
- maternal uncles
- भ्रातॄन् · bhrātṝn
- brothers, cousins
- पुत्रान् · putrān
- sons
- पौत्रान् · pautrān
- grandsons
- सखीन् · sakhīn
- friends, comrades
- तथा · tathā
- likewise, and
“There Partha saw standing fathers and grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons and grandsons, and friends.”
— Original plain-language translation
The catalogue every reader dreads: the enemy army dissolves into a family portrait. Note the order — it begins with the most revered (fathers, grandsires, teachers), the very bonds that will make Arjuna's bow slip.
— Reader's notes (original)