Verse 1.33
Speaker: Arjuna
Sanskrit
त एते ऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च | आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ||३३||
Transliteration (IAST)
ta ete'vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁstyaktvā dhanāni ca | ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ ||33||
Word-by-Word Meanings
अवस्थिताः-standing
युद्धे-in battle
प्राणान्-lives
त्यक्त्वा-giving up
आचार्याः-teachers
पितरः-fathers
पुत्राः-sons
पितामहाः-grandfathers
Translation
Teachers, fathers, sons, and also grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives - they stand here in battle, ready to give up their lives and wealth.
Commentary
Arjuna repeats the enumeration of relationships, this time emphasizing that these people are willing to die. The repetition reveals his obsessive focus on the human cost. Each relationship named is a bond that war will sever, making the violence feel like self-destruction.
Themes
dharmadutysurrender