Chapter 1 · Verse 26 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.26
Sanskrit
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्। आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
Transliteration
tatrāpaśhyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝīn atha pitāmahān āchāryān mātulān bhrātṝīn putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā śhvaśhurān suhṛidaśh chaiva senayor ubhayor api
In plain words
When you are about to do something that will wound the people who made you who you are—your family, your loved ones, the ones bound to you by blood and history—pause and truly *see* them. The lesson for you: the moment you stop seeing people as obstacles and start seeing them as real human beings with their own suffering, your whole action changes. You cannot undo what you do to them. You can only choose whether to do it with eyes open or eyes closed.
हिंदी अर्थ
वहाँ अर्जुन ने अपने पिता, दादा, गुरु, चाचा, भाई, पुत्र, पोते और मित्रों को युद्ध के मैदान में खड़े देखा। उसे अपने सभी प्रिय रिश्तेदारों और मित्रों को एक-दूसरे के विरुद्ध लड़ते हुए देखकर गहरा दुःख हुआ।
Word by Word
In this moment of terrible clarity, Arjuna sees not enemies but the web of his own relationships—the very bonds that constitute his identity and his world. The Gita teaches that spiritual awakening begins when we stop abstractly philosophizing and truly *see* whom our actions will affect.
This verse invites us to pause before any major decision and ask: whom do I truly see before me, and what is my actual responsibility to them?
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Bhagavad Gita 1.26 — BG 1.26
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