BG 1.33-34

येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च ।
त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च ॥
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।
मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥
yeṣām arthe kāṅkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca
ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni ca
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ
mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā

Word-for-word meanings

yeṣām arthe — those for whose sake;  rājyam — the empire;  bhogāḥ — luxuries;  ca — and;  sukhāni — enjoyments;  kāṅkṣitam — are coveted;  naḥ — by us;  ācāryāḥ — [our] teachers;  pitaraḥ — fathers [i.e., paternal uncles];  putrāḥ — sons [and nephews];  tathā eva ca — as well as;  pitāmahāḥ — grandfathers;  mātulāḥ — maternal uncles;  śvaśurāḥ — fathers-in-law;  pautrāḥ — grandsons [and grandnephews];  śyālāḥ — brothers-in-law;  tathā — and other;  sambandhinaḥ — relatives;  te ime — all these;  avasthitāḥ — are stationed here;  yuddhe — on the battlefield;  tyaktvā — staking;  prāṇān — [their] lives;  ca — and;  dhanāni — wealth.

Translation

Those very persons for whose sake we covet the empire, luxuries, and enjoyments — our teachers, paternal uncles, sons, and nephews, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons and grandnephews, brothers-in-law, and other relatives — are stationed here on the battlefield, staking their lives and wealth.

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