BG 1.27b-28a
तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ॥
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt
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.
Notes
The second of these two lines and the first of the following three lines make verse number 28.