Bg. 1.26

When the Lord spoke thus, Arjuna then looked at the opposing army. This is described in a verse and a half. In the opposing army, he saw elders like Bhūriśravaḥ [Note: He was a king in the Kuru dynastya, and was killed by Sātyaki.] (pitṛṇ), grandfathers Bhīṣma and Somadatta [Note: Somadatta was the father of Bhūriśravā. He was killed by Sātyaki.] (pītāmahān), teachers like Droṇa and Kṛpā (ācāryān), maternal uncles like Śalya [Note: Śalya was the brother of Mādrī, wife of Pāṇḍu. He sided with Duryodhana and was killed by Yudhiṣṭhira.] and Śakuni [Note: Śakuni was the brother of Gāndhārī, wife of Dhṛtarāstra.] (mātulān), brothers like Duryodhana (bhratṛn), [Note: Actually they were cousins to Arjuna.] sons like Lakṣmaṇa (putrān), [Note: Lakṣmaṇa was the son of Duryodhana. He was killed by Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna.] grandsons like the sons of Lakṣmaṇa (pautrān), contemporaries of the same age such as Aśvatthāmā and Jayadratha (sakhīn) [Note: Jayadratha was a competitor for Draupadī and later tried to abduct her from the Pāṇḍavas. He had a boon that whoever made his head touch the ground would have his own head burst into a hundred pieces. Later śiva gave him the boon that he could defeat all the Pāṇḍavas except Arjuna. Arjuna defeated him by shooting and arrow which chopped off his head and sent it onto the lap of his father in meditation, who, on seeing the head threw it off his lap, and had his own head burst.] and well-wishers like Kṛtavarma and Bhagadatta [Note: Bhagadatta was a friend of Pāṇḍu and later Yudhiṣtḥira. However he fought on the side of Duryodhana. He was killed by Arjuna. Kṛtavarma sat in Yudhiṣṭhira’s court but later fought on the side of Duryodhana. He later set fire to the camp, killing the sons of the Pāṇdāvas.] (suhṛdaḥ). This description indicates that he also looked at the troops within his own army. He reviewed both the armies that were situated there (senayor ubhayor api). The verb samīkṣya (seeing) is in the next verse.