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अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः। भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथाऽसौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः।।11.26।।

amī cha tvāṁ dhṛitarāśhtrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvani-pāla-saṅghaiḥ bhīṣhmo droṇaḥ sūta-putras tathāsau sahāsmadīyair api yodha-mukhyaiḥ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśhanti danṣhṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kechid vilagnā daśhanāntareṣhu sandṛiśhyante chūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 26
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
All the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with the hosts of kings of the earth, Bhishma, Drona, and Karna, as well as the chief among our warriors.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna sees the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with hosts of kings, Bhishma, Drona, and Karna, along with warriors on his own side too, all entering Krishna's terrible mouths, the vision now becoming explicitly connected to the actual battle and its coming losses.

In life: sometimes an overwhelming, abstract vision of mortality or vastness suddenly becomes deeply personal the moment it connects to specific people you actually know and care about.

Teaching: notice when an abstract fear or truth suddenly becomes personal because it connects to specific people you know, that shift from abstract to personal is often what actually makes an experience finally land emotionally.

amīthese
chaand
tvāmyou
dhṛitarāśhtrasyaof Dhritarashtra
putrāḥsons
sarveall
sahawith
evaeven
avani-pālatheir allied kings
sanghaiḥassembly
bhīṣhmaḥBheeshma
droṇaḥDronacharya
sūta-putraḥKarna
tathāand also
asauthis
sahawith
asmadīyaiḥfrom our side
apialso
yodha-mukhyaiḥgenerals
vaktrāṇimouths
teyour
tvaramāṇāḥrushing
viśhantienter
danṣhṭrāteeth
karālāniterrible
bhayānakānifearsome
kechitsome
vilagnāḥgetting stuck
daśhana-antareṣhubetween the teeth
sandṛiśhyanteare seen
chūrṇitaiḥgetting smashed
uttama-aṅgaiḥheads

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.26 अमी these? च and? त्वाम् Thee? धृतराष्ट्रस्य of Dhritarashtra? पुत्राः sons? सर्वे all? सह with? एव even? अवनिपालसङ्घैः hosts of kings? भीष्मः Bhishma? द्रोणः Drona? सूतपुत्रः Karana? तथा also? असौ this? सह with? अस्मदीयैः with (those) of ours? अपि also? योधमुख्यैः (with) warrior chiefs.Commentary Karna? though he was the son of Kunti? the mother of the Pandavas? was brought up by a charioteer and hence came to be regarded as his son.