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Questions & crisisChapter 1 · Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra
1.261.28

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 1.27

Arjuna recognizes loved ones and trembles

तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ।

कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २७ ॥

tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ

sarvān bandhūn avasthitān

kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo

viṣīdann idam abravīt

Translation

When the son of Kuntī, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus.

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Arjuna Is Overwhelmed with Compassion

  1. 1Seeing the different groups of friends and relatives, Arjuna became overwhelmed with compassion and began to speak.
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Chapter 1, Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra: arjuna recognizes loved ones and trembles.

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Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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BG 1.26Arjuna recognizes loved ones and tremblesBG 1.28Compassion entangled with attachmentBG 2.7The moment Arjuna becomes a discipleBG 6.34The restless mind

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