Verse-26
Chapter 1 — Arjun Vishād Yog
Verse 26
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
tatrāpaśyatsthitān pārthaḥ pitṝnatha pitāmahān
ācāryānmātulānbhrātṝnputrānpautrānsakhīṁstathā
🕉 English Translation
📜 Translation
English
Thereafter, Arjun (son of Pritha) beheld in the two armies paternal uncles, grandfathers and great grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons and grandsons, friends, fathers-in-law and well-wishers.
🎬 Video Discourse
Arjun vision became distracted. In the capacity of a charioteer the Lord Himself is seated, in front of him and near him. His sight failed to see Him. "Tatrapashyat tatra"–his sight was directed far away. He failed to see who was near him. His vision is straying far away. He could only see relations, near and dear ones. He have vision got stuck there. This is what is delusion, defective vision and error. The one who is one's own is not visible but those who were not one's own, nor are they one's own, nor can they remain one's own, just prior bodily relations.
What a state of Arjun! Are you seeing them for the first time? Was this the first occasion of war? Were you not aware of reality? Everything was known; is known just that the veil of attachment covered his eyes. He saw but as soon as he saw–