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1.34 The list of kin again Arjuna speaks

आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः
मातुलाः श्चशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा

āchāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva cha pitāmahāḥ
mātulāḥ śhvaśhurāḥ pautrāḥ śhyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā

teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law — all of them kin.

Explanation

The list of kin, again.

Teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law — all of them kin.

He has already listed them in 1.26. Repeating it is what grief does, and the text lets him do it. The Gita's picture of a person in this state includes saying the same thing twice.

Word by word

āchāryāḥ
teachers
pitaraḥ
fathers
putrāḥ
sons
tathā
as well
eva
indeed
cha
also
pitāmahāḥ
grandfathers
mātulāḥ
maternal uncles
śhvaśhurāḥ
fathers-in-law
pautrāḥ
grandsons
śhyālāḥ
brothers-in-law
sambandhinaḥ
kinsmen
tathā
as well