Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.136
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5.136.1
नैव राज्ञा दरः कार्यो जातु कस्यांचिदापदि ।
अथ चेदपि दीर्णः स्यान्नैव वर्तेत दीर्णवत् ॥ ५.१३६.१ ॥
A king must never show fear in any calamity; even if he is broken, he should not behave as one who is broken.
5.136.2
दीर्णं हि दृष्ट्वा राजानं सर्वमेवानुदीर्यते ।
राष्ट्रं बलममात्याश्च पृथक्कुर्वन्ति ते मतीः ॥ ५.१३६.२ ॥
Seeing the king broken, the kingdom, the army and the ministers all in turn break apart; they set their minds apart.
5.136.3
शत्रुनेके प्रपद्यन्ते प्रजहत्यपरे पुनः ।
अन्ये तु प्रजिहीर्षन्ति ये पुरस्ताद्विमानिताः ॥ ५.१३६.३ ॥
Some go over to the enemy, others again abandon him, and still others, those who were disrespected before, wish to depart.
5.136.4
य एवात्यन्तसुहृदस्त एनं पर्युपासते ।
अशक्तयः स्वस्तिकामा बद्धवत्सा इला इव ॥ ५.१३६.४ ॥
Only his closest friends attend upon him; powerless, desiring their own welfare, they cluster about him like cows with tethered calves.
5.136.5
शोचन्तमनुशोचन्ति पतितानिव बान्धवान् ।
अपि ते पूजिताः पूर्वमपि ते सुहृदो मताः ॥ ५.१३६.५ ॥
They grieve with the one who grieves, as one grieves for fallen kinsmen; even those formerly honored and held as friends do so.
5.136.6
ये राष्ट्रमभिमन्यन्ते राज्ञो व्यसनमीयुषः ।
मा दीदरस्त्वं सुहृदो मा त्वां दीर्णं प्रहासिषुः ॥ ५.१३६.६ ॥
Honor those who still care for the kingdom even when the king has fallen into misfortune; do not lose heart, and do not let your friends abandon you as one already broken.
5.136.7
प्रभावं पौरुषं बुद्धिं जिज्ञासन्त्या मया तव ।
विदधत्या समाश्वासमुक्तं तेजोविवृद्धये ॥ ५.१३६.७ ॥
Wishing to test your power, manly valour and wisdom, I have spoken these words to console you and increase your vigour.
5.136.8
यदेतत्संविजानासि यदि सम्यग्ब्रवीम्यहम् ।
कृत्वा सौम्यमिवात्मानं जायायोत्तिष्ठ सञ्जय ॥ ५.१३६.८ ॥
If you understand well what I say rightly, then, Sañjaya, compose yourself in calm and rise up.
5.136.9
अस्ति नः कोशनिचयो महानविदितस्तव ।
तमहं वेद नान्यस्तमुपसंपादयामि ते ॥ ५.१३६.९ ॥
We have a great accumulation of treasure, unknown to you. I alone know it, no one else; I will procure it for you.
5.136.10
सन्ति नैकशता भूयः सुहृदस्तव सञ्जय ।
सुखदुःखसहा वीर संग्रामादनिवर्तिनः ॥ ५.१३६.१० ॥
Sañjaya, you have many hundreds more friends, O hero, who bear pleasure and pain and never turn back from battle.
5.136.11
तादृशा हि सहाया वै पुरुषस्य बुभूषतः ।
इष्टं जिहीर्षतः किंचित्सचिवाः शत्रुकर्शन ॥ ५.१३६.११ ॥
Indeed, a man who desires prosperity and wishes to gain what he desires has companions and counsellors such as these, O destroyer of foes.
5.136.12
तस्यास्त्वीदृशकं वाक्यं श्रुत्वापि स्वल्पचेतसः ।
तमस्त्वपागमत्तस्य सुचित्रार्थपदाक्षरम् ॥ ५.१३६.१२ ॥
Yet even having heard such words from her, the darkness of that small-minded man did not depart; her words, rich in varied meaning, were lost upon him.
5.136.13
उदके नौरियं धार्या वक्तव्यं प्रवणे मया ।
यस्य मे भवती नेत्री भविष्यद्भूतिदर्शिनी ॥ ५.१३६.१३ ॥
In the water this boat must be held, and to one who is weary I must say: you are my guide, seeing future prosperity.
5.136.14
अहं हि वचनं त्वत्तः शुश्रूषुरपरापरम् ।
किञ्चित्किञ्चित्प्रतिवदंस्तूष्णीमासं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ५.१३६.१४ ॥
Eager to hear your words again and again, I answered only a little at a time and kept silent, over and over.
5.136.15
अतृप्यन्नमृतस्येव कृच्छ्राल्लब्धस्य बान्धवात् ।
उद्यच्छाम्येष शत्रूणां नियमार्थं जायय च ॥ ५.१३६.१५ ॥
As one is never satisfied with nectar obtained with difficulty from a kinsman, so I rise up to restrain the enemies, with my wife as well.
5.136.16
सदश्च इव स क्षिप्तः प्रणुन्नो वाक्यसायकैः ।
तच्चकार तथा सर्वं यथावदनुशासनम् ॥ ५.१३६.१६ ॥
As a fine horse, goaded by arrows of words, runs forward, so he did all that instruction exactly as it was given.
5.136.17
इदमुद्धर्षणं भीमं तेजोवर्धनमुत्तमम् ।
राजानं श्रावयेन्मन्त्री सीदन्तं शत्रुपीडितम् ॥ ५.१३६.१७ ॥
This exhilarating, fearsome, supreme narrative that increases vigor, a counsellor should have the king hear when he sinks down, afflicted by enemies.
5.136.18
जयो नामेतिहासोऽयं श्रोतव्यो विजिगीषुणा ।
महीं विजयते क्षिप्रं श्रुत्वा शत्रूंश्च मर्दति ॥ ५.१३६.१८ ॥
This history called Jaya should be heard by one who desires victory; having heard it, he quickly conquers the earth and crushes his enemies.
5.136.19
इदं पुंसवनं चैव वीराजननमेव च ।
अभीक्ष्णं गर्भिणी श्रुत्वा ध्रुवं वीरं प्रजायते ॥ ५.१३६.१९ ॥
This is the rite for conceiving a son and the rite for bearing a hero. A pregnant woman who hears it constantly surely bears a heroic son.
5.136.20
विद्याशूरं तपःशूरं दानशूरं तपस्विनम् ।
ब्राह्मया श्रिया दीप्यमानं साधुवादे च संमतम् ॥ ५.१३६.२० ॥
Heroic in learning, heroic in austerity, heroic in giving, an ascetic, shining with the splendour of Brahman, and approved in the praise of the good.
5.136.21
अर्चिष्मन्तं बलोपेतं महाभागं महारथम् ।
धृतिमन्तमनाधृष्यं जेतारमपराजितम् ॥ ५.१३६.२१ ॥
Radiant, endowed with strength, greatly fortunate, a great charioteer, steadfast, unassailable, a conqueror, and unvanquished.
5.136.22
नियन्तारमसाधूनां गोप्तारं धर्मचारिणाम् ।
ईदृशं क्षत्रिया सूते वीरं सत्यपराक्रमम् ॥ ५.१३६.२२ ॥
A kṣatriya woman bears such a hero: a restrainer of the wicked, a protector of those who follow dharma, a man of true valour.