BG 1.26-27a
आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ।
ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā
śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva senayor ubhayor api
Word-for-word meanings
atha — thereafter; pārthaḥ — Arjuna; api — also; apaśyat — saw; sthitān — present; tatra — there; ubhayoḥ — in the midst of both; senayoḥ — of the armies; pitṝn — [his] fathers [i.e., paternal uncles]; pitāmahān — grandfathers; ācāryān — teachers; mātulān — maternal uncles; bhrātṝn — brothers [and cousins]; putrān — sons [and nephews]; pautrān — grandsons [and grandnephews]; sakhīn — friends; tathā — and; śvaśurān — fathers-in-law; ca eva — and indeed; suhṛdaḥ — well-wishers.
Translation
Thereafter, Arjuna also saw present there in the midst of both the armies his paternal uncles*, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers and cousins, sons and nephews, grandsons and grandnephews, friends, fathers-in-law, and well-wishers.
Notes
* Since Arjuna’s own father had passed away long before the battle of Kurukṣetra, the plural pitṝn, “fathers,” here refers to paternal uncles, which in Indian family relations would be taken as nearly equivalent to the birth father. The same criterion applies to the translation of pitṝn in verses 1.33–34.