Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.222
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1.222.1
न रोचते विग्रहो मे पाण्डुपुत्रैः कथंचन ।
यथैव धृतराष्ट्रो मे तथा पाण्डुरसंशयम् ॥ १.२२२.१ ॥
War with the sons of Pāṇḍu does not please me in any way. Just as Dhṛtarāṣṭra is mine, so without doubt is Pāṇḍu.
1.222.2
गान्धार्याश्च यथा पुत्रास्तथा कुन्तीसुता मम ।
यथा च मम ते रक्ष्या धृतराष्ट्र तथा तव ॥ १.२२२.२ ॥
As the sons of Gāndhārī are mine, so too are the sons of Kuntī mine. And as they are to be protected by me, O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, so are they to be protected by you.
1.222.3
यथा च मम राज्ञश्च तथा दुर्योधनस्य ते ।
तथा कुरूणां सर्वेषामन्येषामपि पार्थिव ॥ १.२२२.३ ॥
As it is for me and for the king, so it is for your son Duryodhana; and likewise for all the Kurus and for others as well, O king.
1.222.4
एवं गते विग्रहं तैर्न रोचे ।
सन्धाय वीरैर्दीयतामर्धभूमिः।
तेषामपीदं प्रपितामहानां ।
राज्यं पितुश्चैव कुरूत्तमानाम् ॥ १.२२२.४ ॥
Thus matters being so, I do not approve of war with them. Let a peace be made with the heroes and half the land be given to them. This kingdom belongs to their great-grandfathers, and to their father, the best of the Kurus.
1.222.5
दुर्योधन यथा र्जायं त्वमिदं तात पश्यसि ।
मम पैतृकमित्येवं तेऽपि पश्यन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥ १.२२२.५ ॥
O Duryodhana, just as you consider this kingdom to be your ancestral possession, dear one, so too the Pāṇḍavas consider it their ancestral possession.
1.222.6
यदि राज्यं न ते प्राप्ताः पाण्डवेया यशस्विनः ।
कुत एव तवापीदं भारतस्यापि कस्यचित् ॥ १.२२२.६ ॥
If the glorious sons of Pāṇḍu had not obtained the kingdom, from where would it have come to you? And how would it have come to anyone at all of the lineage of Bharata?
1.222.7
अधर्मेण च राज्यं त्वं प्राप्तवान्भरतर्षभ ।
तेऽपि राज्यमनुप्राप्ताः पूर्वमेवेति मे मतिः ॥ १.२२२.७ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, you obtained the kingdom by unrighteousness; and in my view they too had obtained the kingdom before.
1.222.8
मधुरेणैव राज्यस्य तेषामर्धं प्रदीयताम् ।
एतद्धि पुरुषव्याघ्र हितं सर्वजनस्य च ॥ १.२२२.८ ॥
Tiger among men, let half the kingdom be given to them by gentle means; for this is beneficial to all people.
1.222.9
अतोऽन्यथा चेत्क्रियते न हितं नो भविष्यति ।
तवाप्यकीर्तिः सकला भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ १.२२२.९ ॥
But if it is done otherwise, it will not be good for us; and your disgrace will be complete, there is no doubt.
1.222.10
कीर्तिरक्षणमातिष्ठ कीर्तिर्हि परमं बलम् ।
नष्टकीर्तेर्मनुष्यस्य जीवितं ह्यफळं स्मृतम् ॥ १.२२२.१० ॥
Apply yourself to guarding your fame, for fame is the supreme strength; the life of a man who has lost his fame is held to be indeed fruitless.
1.222.11
यावत्कीर्तिर्मनुष्यस्य न प्रणश्यति कौरव ।
तावज्जीवति गान्धरे नष्टकीर्तिस्तु नश्यति ॥ १.२२२.११ ॥
O Kaurava, as long as a man's fame does not perish, so long he lives; but he whose fame has perished, indeed perishes, O son of Gāndhārī.
1.222.12
तमिमं समुपातिष्ठ धर्मं कुरुकुलोचितम् ।
अनुरूपं महाबाहो पूर्वेषामात्मनः कुरु ॥ १.२२२.१२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, fully undertake this duty fitting for the Kuru family; act in accordance with your ancestors.
1.222.13
दिष्ट्या ध्रियन्ते पार्था हि दिष्ट्या जीवति सा पृथा ।
दिष्ट्या पुरोचनः पापो न सकामोऽत्ययं गतः ॥ १.२२२.१३ ॥
By fortune the sons of Pṛthā are alive, and by fortune that Pṛthā lives. By fortune the wicked Purocana has perished without attaining his desire.
1.222.14
यदाप्रभृति दग्धास्ते कुन्तिभोजसुतासुताः ।
तदाप्रभृति गान्धारे न शक्नोम्यभिवीक्षितुम् ॥ १.२२२.१४ ॥
From the time those sons of Kuntibhoja's line were burned, O son of Gāndhārī, from that time I have not been able to look upon them.
1.222.15
लोके प्राणभृतां किंचिच्छ्रुत्वा कुन्तीं तथागताम् ।
न चापि दोषेण तथा लोको मन्येत्पुरोचनम्।
यथा त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र लोको दोषेण गच्छति ॥ १.२२२.१५ ॥
Even if anyone in the world hears of Kuntī's condition, people will not hold Purocana as guilty as the world holds you to be, O tiger among men.
1.222.16
तदिदं जीवितं तेषां तव किल्बिषनाशनम् ।
संमन्तव्यं महाराज पाण्डवानां च दर्शनम् ॥ १.२२२.१६ ॥
Therefore their being alive is what removes your guilt. O great king, the sight of the Pāṇḍavas too should be regarded in this light.
1.222.17
न चापि तेषां वीराणां जीवतां कुरुनन्दन ।
पित्र्योंशः शक्य आदातुमपि वज्रभृता स्वयं ॥ १.२२२.१७ ॥
And, O joy of the Kurus, while those heroes are alive, not even the thunderbolt-wielder himself could take away their paternal share.
1.222.18
ते सर्वेऽवस्थिता धर्मे सर्वे चैवैकचेतसः ।
अधर्मेण निरस्ताश्च तुल्ये राज्ये विशेषतः ॥ १.२२२.१८ ॥
All of them stand firm in dharma, and all of them are of one mind. Cast out by unrighteousness, they, in a kingdom that is equally theirs, have been especially wronged.
1.222.19
यदि धर्मस्त्वया कार्यो यदि कार्यं प्रियं च मे ।
क्षेमं च यदि कर्तव्यं तेषामर्धं प्रदीयताम् ॥ १.२२२.१९ ॥
If you must uphold dharma, if you must do what is dear to me, and if you must seek their welfare, then give them half of the kingdom.