Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.8
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3.8.1
धतराष्ट्र महाप्राज्ञ निबोध वचनं मम ।
वक्ष्यामि त्वां कौरवाणां सर्वेषां हितमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.८.१ ॥
O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, greatly wise one, listen to my words. I will tell you the supreme welfare of all the Kurus.
3.8.2
न मे प्रियं महाबाहो यद्गताः पाण्डवा वनम् ।
निकृत्त्या निकृताश्चैव दुर्योधनपुरोगमैः ॥ ३.८.२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, I do not like that the Pāṇḍavas have gone to the forest, deceived and cheated by deceit led by Duryodhana.
3.8.3
ते स्मरन्तः परिक्लेशान्वर्षे पूर्णे त्रयोदशे ।
विमोक्ष्यन्ति विषं क्रुद्धाः कौरवेयेषु भारत ॥ ३.८.३ ॥
Remembering their hardships, when the thirteenth year is completed, the enraged ones will release poison upon the Kauravas, O Bhārata.
3.8.4
तदयं किंनु पापात्मा तव पुत्रः सुमन्दधीः ।
पाण्डवान्नित्यसंक्रुद्धो राज्यहेतोर्जिघांसति ॥ ३.८.४ ॥
Why then does this sinful-minded, utterly foolish son of yours, always filled with rage against the Pāṇḍavas, desire to kill them for the sake of the kingdom?
3.8.5
वार्यतां साध्वयं मूढः शमं गच्छतु ते सुतः ।
वनस्थांस्तानयं हन्तुमिच्छन्प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यति ॥ ३.८.५ ॥
Let this deluded son of yours be well restrained, and let him find peace. Desiring to kill those who dwell in the forest, he himself will lose his life.
3.8.6
यथाऽऽह विदुरः प्राज्ञो यथा भीष्मो यथा वयम् ।
यथा कृपश्च द्रोणश्च तथा साधु विधीयताम् ॥ ३.८.६ ॥
As the wise Vidura has said, as Bhīṣma has said, as we have said, and as Kṛpa and Droṇa have said, so let it be done well.
3.8.7
विग्रहो हि महाप्राज्ञ स्वजनेन विगर्हितः ।
अधर्म्यमयशस्यं च मा राजन्प्रतिपद्यथाः ॥ ३.८.७ ॥
O greatly wise one, strife with one's own kin is condemned. O king, do not embark upon what is unrighteous and brings disgrace.
3.8.8
समीक्षा यादृशी ह्मस्य पाण्डवान्प्रति भारत ।
उपेक्ष्यमाणा सा राजन्महान्तमनयं व्रजेत् ॥ ३.८.८ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, whatever his attitude toward the Pāṇḍavas may be, if it is left unheeded, O king, it will lead to great ruin.
3.8.9
अथवाऽयं सुमन्दात्मा वनं गच्छतु ते सुतः ।
पाण्डवैः सहितो राजन्नेक एवासहायवान् ॥ ३.८.९ ॥
Or else let this foolish son of yours go to the forest with the Pāṇḍavas, O king, alone and without companions.
3.8.10
ततः संसर्गजः स्नेहः पुत्रस्य तव पाण्डवैः ।
यदि स्यात्कृतकृत्यस्त्वं भवेथाः पुरषर्षभ ॥ ३.८.१० ॥
Then, if affection born of association with the Pāṇḍavas arises in your son, O bull among men, you will become one whose task is accomplished.
3.8.11
अथवा जायमानस्य यच्छीलमनुजायते ।
श्रूयते तन्महाराज नामृतस्यापसर्पति ॥ ३.८.११ ॥
Or else, O great king, it is said that the nature which is born along with a being follows it; it does not depart, as nectar does not depart from the immortal.
3.8.12
कथं वा मन्यते भीष्मो द्रोणोऽथ विदुरोपिवा ।
भवान्वाऽत्र परं कार्यं पुरा चार्थो निवर्तते ॥ ३.८.१२ ॥
What do Bhīṣma, Droṇa, or Vidura think of this, or do you yourself? What is the highest duty in this matter, and which aim might be turned back from before it is reached?