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तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ।
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २७ ॥

When the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus:

tan samiksya sa kaunteyah

sarvan bandhun avasthitan

krpaya parayavisto

visidann idam abravit

tan-all of them; samiksya-after seeing; sah-he; kaunteyah-the son of Kunti; sarvan-all kinds of; bandhun-relatives; avasthitan-situated; krpaya-by compassion; paraya-of a high grade; avistah-overwhelmed by; visidan-while lamenting; idam-thus; abravit-spoke.