आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ |mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā ||
- आचार्याः · ācāryāḥ
- teachers
- पितरः · pitaraḥ
- fathers, elders
- पुत्राः · putrāḥ
- sons
- तथा · tathā
- so, thus
- एव · eva
- indeed
- च · ca
- and
- पितामहाः · pitāmahāḥ
- grandfathers
- मातुलाः · mātulāḥ
- maternal uncles
- श्वशुराः · śvaśurāḥ
- fathers-in-law
- पौत्राः · pautrāḥ
- grandsons
- श्यालाः · śyālāḥ
- brothers-in-law
- सम्बन्धिनः · sambandhinaḥ
- relatives, kin by marriage
- तथा · tathā
- likewise
“Teachers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers; uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and kin of every kind.”
— Original plain-language translation
The family portrait, repeated — this time as the inventory of the doomed. Each noun is a separate argument against the war; Arjuna prosecutes his case relationship by relationship.
— Reader's notes (original)