आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः | मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ||१-३४||
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ . mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā ||1-34||
- ācāryāḥ
- teachers
- pitaraḥ
- fathers
- putrāḥ
- sons
- tathā
- as well as
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- pitāmahāḥ
- grandfathers
- mātulāḥ
- maternal uncles
- śvaśurāḥ
- fathers-in-law
- pautrāḥ
- grandsons
- śyālāḥ
- brothers-in-law
- sambandhinaḥ
- relatives
- tathā
- as well as
O Govinda, of what avail to us are a kingdom, happiness or even life itself when all those for whom we may desire them are now arrayed on this battlefield? O Madhusūdana, when teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties and are standing before me, why should I wish to kill them, even though they might otherwise kill me? O maintainer of all living entities, I am not prepared to fight with them even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth. What pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra?