Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.95
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2.95.1
राजन्किं करवामस्ते प्रशाध्यस्मांस्त्वमीश्वरः ।
नित्यं हि स्थातुमिच्छामस्तव भारत शासने ॥ २.९५.१ ॥
O king, what should we do for you? You are our lord; command us. O Bhārata, we wish always to remain under your rule.
2.95.2
अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते अरिष्टं स्वस्ति गच्छत ।
अनुज्ञाताः सहधनाः स्वराज्यमनुशासत ॥ २.९५.२ ॥
O Ajātaśatru, may good fortune be yours. Go in safety and well-being. Having been granted leave, govern your own kingdom together with your wealth.
2.95.3
इदं चैवावबोद्धव्यं वृद्धस्य मम शासनम् ।
मया निगदितं सर्वं पथ्यं निःश्रेयसं परम् ॥ २.९५.३ ॥
This command of mine, the old man's, you too must understand. Everything I have spoken is wholesome and the supreme good.
2.95.4
वेत्थ त्वं तात धर्माणां गतिं सूक्ष्मां युधिष्ठिर ।
विनीतोऽसि महाप्राज्ञ वृद्धानां पर्युपासिता ॥ २.९५.४ ॥
You know, dear son Yudhiṣṭhira, the subtle course of the dharmas. You are disciplined, O very wise one, and have served the elders.
2.95.5
यतो बुद्धिस्ततः शान्तिः प्रशमं गच्छ भारत ।
नादारुणि पतेच्छस्त्रं दारुण्येतन्निपात्यते ॥ २.९५.५ ॥
Where there is understanding, there is peace; attain tranquility, O Bhārata. A weapon does not fall upon what is not wood; it is struck down only upon wood.
2.95.6
न वैराण्यभिजानन्ति गुणान्पश्यन्ति नागुणान् ।
विरोधं नाधिगच्छन्ति ये त उत्तमपूरुषाः ॥ २.९५.६ ॥
Those who do not recognize enmities, who see virtues and not faults, who do not incur opposition — they are the best of men.
2.95.7
स्मरन्ति सुकृतान्येव न वैराणि कृतान्यपि ।
सन्तः परार्थं कुर्वाणा नावेक्षन्ति प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ २.९५.७ ॥
The good, doing good for others, remember only good deeds, not even enmities that were done; they do not look for requital.
2.95.8
संवादे परुषाण्याहुर्युधिष्ठिर नराधमाः ।
प्रत्याहुर्मध्यमास्त्वेतेऽनुक्ताः नराधमाः। ॥ २.९५.८ ॥
In dialogue, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the lowest of men speak harsh words; the middling ones retort; and these lowest of men speak even unprompted.
2.95.9
न चोक्ता नैव चानुक्तास्त्वहिताः परुषा गिरः ।
प्रतिजल्पन्ति वै धीराः सदा तूत्तमपुरुषाः ॥ २.९५.९ ॥
Harsh words that are unbeneficial, whether spoken or not spoken, the steadfast never retort to; the best of men always do so.
2.95.10
स्मरन्ति सुकृतान्येव न वैराणि कृतान्यपि ।
सन्तः प्रतिविजानन्तो लब्ध्वा प्रत्ययमात्मनः ॥ २.९५.१० ॥
The good remember only good deeds, not even enmities that were done; recognizing it in return, having gained confidence in themselves, they respond accordingly.
2.95.11
असम्भिन्नार्यमर्यादाः साधवः प्रियदर्शनाः ।
तथा चरित्तंमार्येण त्वयाऽस्मिन्सत्समागमे ॥ २.९५.११ ॥
The virtuous, who keep the noble bounds unbroken, are pleasing to behold; in this assembly of the good you too have conducted yourself thus, like a noble one.
2.95.12
दुर्योधनस्य पारुष्यं तत्तात हृदि मा कृथाः ।
मातरं चैव गान्धारीं मां च त्वं गुणकाङ्क्षया ॥ २.९५.१२ ॥
Dear son, do not hold in your heart Duryodhana's harshness; hold not your mother Gāndhārī nor me in your heart, desiring virtue.
2.95.13
उपस्थितं वृद्धमन्धं पितरं पश्य भारत ।
प्रेक्षापूर्वं मया द्यूतमिदमासीदुपेक्षितम् ॥ २.९५.१३ ॥
O Bhārata, look upon your aged, blind father standing before you. I knowingly allowed this dice game to take place and disregarded it.
2.95.14
मित्राणि द्रष्टुकामेन पुत्राणां च बलाबलम् ।
अशोच्याः कुरवो राजन्येषां त्वमनुशासिता ॥ २.९५.१४ ॥
Desiring to see my allies, and to learn the strength and weakness of my sons, I did this. O king, the Kurus are not to be grieved for, for you are their ruler.
2.95.15
मन्त्री च विदुरो धीमान्सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः ।
त्वयि धर्मोऽर्जुने धैर्यं भीमसेने पराक्रमः ॥ २.९५.१५ ॥
The wise Vidura, expert in all the sciences, is my counselor. In you is righteousness, in Arjuna steadfastness, and in Bhīmasena valour.
2.95.16
शुद्धा च गुरुशुश्रूषा यमयोः पुरुषाग्र्ययोः ।
अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते खाण्डवप्रस्थमाविश।
भ्रातृभिस्तेऽस्तु सौभ्रात्रं धर्मे ते धीयताम मनः ॥ २.९५.१६ ॥
In the twin Yamas and in those two foremost men there is pure service to elders. O Ajātaśatru, may good befall you; enter Khāṇḍavaprastha. May brotherly affection be yours with your brothers, and may your mind be fixed on dharma.
2.95.17
इत्युक्तो भरतश्रेष्ठ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
कृत्वाऽऽर्यसमयं सर्वं प्रतस्थे भ्रातृभिः सह ॥ २.९५.१७ ॥
Thus addressed, O best of the Bharatas, the king of dharma Yudhiṣṭhira, having fulfilled the entire agreement of the noble ones, set out with his brothers.
2.95.18
ते रथान्मेघसङ्काशानास्थाय सह कृष्णया ।
प्रययुर्हृष्टमनस इन्द्रप्रस्थं पुरोत्तमम् ॥ २.९५.१८ ॥
Mounting chariots resembling clouds, together with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), they set out with glad hearts for Indraprastha, the best of cities.