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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
"There upon Partha saw standing there his grand fathers, preceptors, uncles, cousins, sons, grand sons Comrades, fathers - in law and friends in both the armies. Seeing these Kinsmen Arjuna was overwhelmed by deep compassion and uttered these words in great anguish". 26-27
॥ अर्जुन उवाच ॥ कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् । दृष्टेचमं स्वजनं कृष्णं युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ।। २८ ।। सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ।
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥ २९ ॥ Arjuna said :
"Oh Krishna ! As a I see these Kinsmen assembled here to fight, my limbs begin to sink, my mouth dries up, shiver runs through my body and my hair stand upright". 28 - 29 गाण्डीवं स्त्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते । न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥ ३० ॥
"My bow Gandiva slips from my hand,
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