Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.127
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5.127.1
श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनो वाक्यमप्रियं कुरुसंसदि ।
प्रत्युवाच महाबाहुं वासुदेवं यशस्विनम् ॥ ५.१२७.१ ॥
Having heard that unpleasant speech in the assembly of the Kurus, Duryodhana replied to the mighty-armed, glorious Vāsudeva.
5.127.2
प्रसमीक्ष्य भवानेतद्वक्तुमर्हति केशव ।
मामेव हि विशेषेण विभाष्य परिगर्हसे ॥ ५.१२७.२ ॥
O Keśava, you should have considered this carefully before speaking; you censure me in particular.
5.127.3
भक्तिवादेन पार्थानामकस्मान्मधुसूदन ।
भवान्गर्हयति नित्यं किं समीक्ष्य बलाबलम् ॥ ५.१२७.३ ॥
O Madhusūdana, under the pretext of devotion to the sons of Pṛthā, why do you always censure me without cause? Have you weighed our strength and weakness?
5.127.4
भवान्क्षत्ता च राजा वाऽप्याचार्यो वा पितामहः ।
मामेव परिगर्हन्ते नान्यं कंचन पाण्डवम् ॥ ५.१२७.४ ॥
You, the steward, the king, the teacher, or the grandsire — all of you censure me alone, and no other Pāṇḍava.
5.127.5
न चाहं लक्षये कंचिद्व्यभिचारमिहात्मनः ।
अथ सर्वे भवन्तो मां विद्विषन्ति सराजकाः ॥ ५.१२७.५ ॥
I perceive no transgression in myself here; yet all of you, together with the kings, bear hatred toward me.
5.127.6
न चाहं कंचिदत्यर्थमपराधमरिन्दम ।
विचिन्तयन्प्रपश्यामि सुसूक्ष्ममपि केशव ॥ ५.१२७.६ ॥
O subduer of foes, O Keśava, even on reflecting upon the very subtlest of my faults, I see no grave offence at all.
5.127.7
प्रियाभ्युपगते द्यूते पाण्डवा मधूसूदन ।
जिताः शकुनिना राज्यं तत्र किं मम दुष्कृतम् ॥ ५.१२७.७ ॥
O Madhusūdana, when the dear dice game was accepted, the Pāṇḍavas were defeated by Śakuni and lost their kingdom. What wrong did I do in that?
5.127.8
यत्पुनर्द्रविणं किंचित्तत्राजीयन्त पाण्डवाः ।
तेभ्य एवाभ्यनुज्ञातं तत्तद मधुसूदन ॥ ५.१२७.८ ॥
O Madhusūdana, whatever wealth the Pāṇḍavas had won back there was granted to them alone, to be returned to them.
5.127.9
अपराधो न चास्माकं यत्ते ह्यक्षैः पराजिताः ।
अजेया जयतां श्रेष्ठ पार्थाः प्रव्राजिता वनम् ॥ ५.१२७.९ ॥
It is no fault of ours that they were defeated by the dice. O best of victors, the unconquerable sons of Pṛthā were sent into exile in the forest.
5.127.10
केन वाऽप्यपवादेन विरुद्ध्यन्त्यरिभिः सह ।
अशक्ताः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण प्रहृष्टाः प्रत्यमित्रवत् ॥ ५.१२७.१० ॥
By what reproach do they oppose their enemies? O Kṛṣṇa, the powerless Pāṇḍavas, delighted, behave like foes.
5.127.11
किमस्माभिः कृतं तेषां कस्मिन्वा पुनरागसि ।
धार्तराष्ट्राञ्जिघांसन्ति पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयैः सह ॥ ५.१२७.११ ॥
What have we done to them, or in what offence? Why do the Pāṇḍavas, together with the Sṛñjayas, desire to kill the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra?
5.127.12
न चापि वयमुग्रेण कर्मणा वचनेन वा ।
प्रभ्रष्टाः प्रणमामेह भयादपि शतक्रतुम् ॥ ५.१२७.१२ ॥
We have not fallen through a harsh deed or a harsh word; here we bow even to Śatakratu (Indra), out of fear.
5.127.13
न च तं कृष्ण पश्यामि क्षत्रधर्ममनुष्ठितम् ।
उत्सहेत युधा जेतुं यो नः शत्रुनिबर्हण ॥ ५.१२७.१३ ॥
Kṛṣṇa, I see no one who observes the duty of the warrior and would dare to conquer us in battle, O destroyer of enemies.
5.127.14
न हि भीष्मकृपद्रोणाः सकर्णा मधुसूदन ।
देवैरपि युधा जेतुं शक्याः किमुत पाण्डवैः ॥ ५.१२७.१४ ॥
Indeed Bhīṣma, Kṛpa and Droṇa, together with Karṇa, O Madhusūdana, cannot be conquered in battle even by the gods, much less by the Pāṇḍavas.
5.127.15
स्वधर्ममनुपश्यन्तो यदि माधव संयुगे ।
अस्त्रेण निधनं काले प्राप्स्यामः स्वर्ग्यमेव तत् ॥ ५.१२७.१५ ॥
O Mādhava, if we, mindful of our own duty, meet death in battle by weapons at the appointed time, that very death leads to heaven.
5.127.16
मुख्यश्चैवैष नो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां जनार्दन ।
यच्छयीमहि सङ्ग्रामे शरतल्पगता वयम् ॥ ५.१२७.१६ ॥
O Janārdana, this is our chief duty as warriors: that we should lie in battle, gone to a bed of arrows.
5.127.17
ते वयं वीरशयनं प्राप्स्यामो यदि संयुगे ।
अप्रणम्यैव शत्रूणां न नस्तप्स्यन्ति माधव ॥ ५.१२७.१७ ॥
O Mādhava, if we attain the bed of heroes in battle, without bowing to the enemy, then they will not torment us.
5.127.18
कश्च जातु कुले जातः क्षत्रधर्मेण वर्तयन् ।
भयाद्वृत्तिं समीक्ष्यैवं प्रणमेदिह कर्हिचित् ॥ ५.१२७.१८ ॥
Who, born in a warrior's family and living by the warrior's duty, would ever bow down here out of fear, having weighed his livelihood?
5.127.19
उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम् ।
अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमेदिह कर्हिचित् ॥ ५.१२७.१९ ॥
One should rise up and not bow down; for effort itself is manhood. Even if broken in a time of misfortune, one should never bow down here.
5.127.20
इति मातङ्गवचनं परिप्सन्ति हितेप्सवः ।
धर्माय चैव प्रणमेद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मद्विधः ॥ ५.१२७.२० ॥
Thus those who seek welfare hold dear the saying of Mātaṅga. A man like me should bow down only for dharma and to brahmins.
5.127.21
अचिन्तयन्कंचिदन्यं यावज्जीवं तथा चरेत् ।
एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां मतमेतच्च मे सदा ॥ ५.१२७.२१ ॥
Without thinking of anyone else, one should conduct oneself thus as long as life lasts. This is the dharma of kṣatriyas, and this has always been my view.
5.127.22
राज्यांशश्चाभ्यनुज्ञातो यो मे पित्रा पुराऽभवत् ।
न स लभ्यः पुनर्जातु मयि जीवति केशव ॥ ५.१२७.२२ ॥
The share of the kingdom that my father formerly granted to me shall never be obtained again while I am alive, O Keśava.
5.127.23
यावच्च राजा ध्रियते धृतराष्ट्रो जनार्दन ।
न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं ते वाऽप्युपजीवाम माधव ।
अप्रदेयं पुरा दत्तं राज्यं परवतो मम ॥ ५.१२७.२३ ॥
As long as King Dhṛtarāṣṭra is maintained, O Janārdana, we, having laid down our arms, would live by you, O Mādhava. The kingdom that was formerly given to me by another, and which was not to be given, is mine.
5.127.24
अज्ञानाद्वा भयाद्वाऽपि मयि बाले जनार्दन ।
न तदद्य पुनर्लभ्यं पाण्डवैर्वृष्णिनन्दन ॥ ५.१२७.२४ ॥
Whether given out of ignorance or even out of fear, O Janārdana, that shall not be obtained again today by the Pāṇḍavas, O joy of the Vṛṣṇis.
5.127.25
ध्रियमाणे महाबाहौ मयि संप्रति केशव ।
यावद्धि तीक्ष्णया सूच्या विद्ध्येदग्रेण केशव ।
तावदप्यपरित्याज्यं भूमेर्नः पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥ ५.१२७.२५ ॥
O Keśava, while I am still alive, not even a portion of our land, as much as a sharp needle's point could pierce, can be relinquished to the Pāṇḍavas.