BG 1.27b-28a

तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ॥
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt

Word-for-word meanings

saḥ — he;  kaunteyaḥ — the son of Kuntī;  samīkṣya — upon seeing;  sarvān — all;  tān — these;  bandhūn — relatives;  avasthitān — present [on the battlefield];  āviṣṭaḥ — became overwhelmed;  parayā — with deep;  kṛpayā — compassion;  viṣīdan — [and] while grieving;  abravīt — spoke;  idam — this.

Translation

The son of Kuntī, seeing all these relatives present on the battlefield, became overwhelmed with deep compassion, and while grieving spoke the following words.

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