Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.81
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2.81.1
यस्य नास्ति निजा प्रज्ञा केवलं तु बहुश्रुतः ।
न स जानाति शास्त्रार्थं दर्वी सूपरसानिव ॥ २.८१.१ ॥
He who has no wisdom of his own, but has merely heard much, does not know the meaning of the scriptures, just as the ladle does not know the flavours of the broth.
2.81.2
जानन्वै मोहयति मां नावि नौरिव संयता ।
स्वार्थे किं नावधानं ते उताहो द्वेष्टि मां भवान् ॥ २.८१.२ ॥
Though you know, you confuse me, like two boats tied together. Why do you not pay heed to your own interest? Or do you hate me?
2.81.3
न सन्तीमे धार्तराष्ट्रा येषां त्वमनुशासिता ।
भविष्यमर्थमाख्यासि सर्वदा कृत्यमात्मनः ॥ २.८१.३ ॥
These sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, whom you instruct, are not here; you always speak of what is to come, which is one's own duty.
2.81.4
परनेयोऽग्रणीर्यस्य स मार्गान्प्रतिमुह्यति ।
पन्थानमनुगच्छेयुः कथं तस्य पदानुगाः ॥ २.८१.४ ॥
Whose foremost guide, who leads across, goes astray on the paths himself, how should those who follow on foot tread that path?
2.81.5
राजन्परिणतप्रज्ञो वृद्धसेवी जितेन्द्रियः ।
प्रतिपन्नान्स्वकार्येषु संमोहयसि नो भृशम् ॥ २.८१.५ ॥
O king, you whose wisdom is ripe, who serve the elders and have conquered the senses, yet you greatly confuse us who are engaged in our own affairs.
2.81.6
लोकवृत्ताद्राजवृत्तमन्यदाह बृहस्पतिः ।
तस्माद्राज्ञाऽप्रमत्तेन स्वार्थश्चिन्त्यः सदैव हि ॥ २.८१.६ ॥
Bṛhaspati has taught a conduct of kings different from the conduct of ordinary people; therefore a king, vigilant, must always consider his own interest.
2.81.7
क्षत्रियस्य महाराज जये वृत्तिः समाहिता ।
स वै धर्मस्त्वधर्मो वा स्ववृत्तौ का परीक्षणा ॥ २.८१.७ ॥
O great king, the conduct of a kṣatriya is fixed in victory. Whether it is dharma or adharma, what is there to examine in one's own conduct?
2.81.8
प्रकालयेद्दिशः सर्वाः प्रतोदेनेव सारथिः ।
प्रत्यमित्रश्रियं दीप्तां जिघृक्षुर्भरतर्षभ ॥ २.८१.८ ॥
As a charioteer drives on his horses with a goad, so should one cleanse all the directions. O best of the Bharatas, let one who desires to seize the blazing glory of an enemy do so.
2.81.9
प्रच्छन्नो वा प्रकाशो वा योगो योऽरिं प्रबाधते ।
तद्वै शस्त्रं शस्त्रविदां न शस्त्रं छेदनं स्मृतम् ॥ २.८१.९ ॥
Whether hidden or open, whatever stratagem afflicts the enemy, that indeed is the weapon; among those skilled in weapons, a cutting implement is not declared to be a weapon.
2.81.10
शत्रुश्चैव हि मित्रं च न लेख्यं न च मातृका ।
यो वै सन्तापयति यं स शत्रुः प्रोच्यते नृप ॥ २.८१.१० ॥
Neither enemy nor friend is to be written down, nor kept on a list. O king, he who torments another is called the enemy.
2.81.11
असन्तोषः श्रियो मूलं तस्मात्तं कामयाम्यहम् ।
समुच्छ्रये यो यतते स राजन्परमो नयः ॥ २.८१.११ ॥
Discontent is the root of prosperity, and therefore I desire it. O king, he who strives for elevation is the highest policy.
2.81.12
ममत्वं हि न कर्तव्यमैश्वर्ये वा धनेऽपि वा ।
पूर्वावाप्तं हरन्त्यन्ये राजध्रमं हि तं विदुः ॥ २.८१.१२ ॥
One should not cultivate attachment even to sovereignty or to wealth. What was obtained before, others take away; that is what they know as the duty of kings.
2.81.13
अद्रोहसमंय कृत्वा चिच्छेद नमुचेः शिरः ।
शक्रः साऽभिमता तस्य रिपौ वृत्तिः सनातनी ॥ २.८१.१३ ॥
Though he had made a pact of no hostility, Indra cut off Namuci's head. Such conduct toward an enemy has been regarded as eternally fitting for him.
2.81.14
द्वावेतौ ग्रसते भूमिः सर्पो बिलशयानिव ।
राजानं चाविरोद्धारं ब्राह्मणं चाप्रवासिनम् ॥ २.८१.१४ ॥
As a serpent lying in its burrow swallows, so the earth swallows these two: the king who does not resist, and the brahmin who does not go abroad.
2.81.15
नास्ति वै जातितः शत्रुः पुरुषस्य विशाम्पते ।
येन साधारणी वृत्तिः स शत्रुर्नेतरो जनः ॥ २.८१.१५ ॥
O lord of the people, by birth no man has an enemy. He alone is the enemy whose livelihood is the same as one's own; no other person is.
2.81.16
शत्रुपक्षं समृध्यन्तं यो मोहात्समुपेक्षते ।
व्याधिराप्यायित इव तस्य मूलं छिनत्ति सः ॥ २.८१.१६ ॥
He who, out of delusion, neglects an enemy's side as it grows prosperous, cuts off his own root, like a disease that has grown and nourished itself.
2.81.17
अल्पोऽपि ह्यरिरत्यर्थं वर्धमानः पराक्रमैः ।
वल्मीको मूलज इव ग्रसते वृक्षमन्तिकात् ॥ २.८१.१७ ॥
Even a small enemy, growing exceedingly through his valour, devours like an anthill sprung from a root devours the tree nearby.
2.81.18
आजमीढ रिपोर्लक्ष्मीर्मा ते रोचिष्ट भारत ।
एष भारः सत्ववतां न यः शिरसि धिष्ठितः ॥ २.८१.१८ ॥
O descendant of Ajamīḍha, O Bhārata, may the fortune of an enemy not please you. This is not the burden that is placed upon the heads of the mighty.
2.81.19
जन्मवृद्धिमिवार्थानां यो वृद्धिमाभिकाङ्क्षते ।
एधते ज्ञातिषु स वै सद्यो वृद्धिर्हि विक्रमः ॥ २.८१.१९ ॥
He who desires increase of wealth as one desires prosperity from birth, thrives at once among his kinsmen; for increase comes only through valour.
2.81.20
नाप्राप्य पाण्डवैश्वर्यं संशयो मे भविष्यति ।
अवाप्स्ये वा श्रियं तां हि शयिष्ये वा हतो युधि ॥ २.८१.२० ॥
Without obtaining the sovereignty of the Pāṇḍavas, there will be doubt for me; either I shall obtain that fortune, or I shall lie slain in battle.
2.81.21
एतादृशस्य किं मेऽद्य जीवितेन विशाम्पते ।
वर्धन्ते पाण्डवा नित्यं वयं स्वस्थिरवृद्धयः ॥ २.८१.२१ ॥
O lord of men, of what use is my life today in such a state? The Pāṇḍavas grow ever greater, while we stand in steady, fixed prosperity.