Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.3
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5.3.1
यादृशः पुरुषस्यात्मा तादृशं संप्रभाषते ।
यथारूपोऽन्तरात्मा ते तथारूपं प्रभाषते ॥ ५.३.१ ॥
As is a man's self, so he speaks; as is your inner self, so you speak.
5.3.2
सन्ति वै पुरुषाः शूराः सन्ति कापुरुषास्तथा ।
उभावेतौ दृढौ पक्षौ दृश्येते पुरुषान्प्रति ॥ ५.३.२ ॥
There are indeed heroic men, and there are also cowardly men; these two sides are seen firmly in men.
5.3.3
एकस्मिन्नेव जायेते कुले क्लीबमहाबलौ ।
फलाफलवती शाखे यथैकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ ॥ ५.३.३ ॥
In a single family are born both the weakling and the mighty one, as on a single tree there are branches bearing fruit and branches bearing none.
5.3.4
नाभ्यसूयामि ते वाक्यं ब्रुवतो लाङ्गलध्वज ।
ये तु शृण्वन्ति ते वाक्यं तानसूयामि माधव ॥ ५.३.४ ॥
I do not take offence at your words as you speak them, O Lāṅgala-dhvaja; but those who listen to your words, them I take offence at, O Mādhava.
5.3.5
कथं हि धर्मराजस्य दोषमल्पमपि ब्रुवन् ।
लभते परिषन्मध्ये व्याहर्तुमकुतोभयः ॥ ५.३.५ ॥
How can one who speaks even a small fault of the king of dharma, obtain, in the midst of the assembly, the right to speak fearlessly?
5.3.6
समाहूय महात्मानं जितवन्तोऽक्षकोविदाः ।
अनक्षज्ञं यथाऽश्रद्धं तेषु धर्मजयः कुतः। ॥ ५.३.६ ॥
Those skilled in dice summoned the great-souled one, who knew nothing of dice, and defeated him; among such men, lacking faith, how could there be victory of dharma?
5.3.7
यदि कुन्तीसुतं गेहे क्रीडन्तं भ्रातृभिः सह ।
अभिगम्य जयेयुस्ते तत्तेषां धर्मतो भवेत् ॥ ५.३.७ ॥
If they had approached the son of Kuntī while he was playing at home with his brothers and defeated him, that would have been lawful for them.
5.3.8
समाहूय तु राजानं क्षत्रधर्मरतं सदा ।
निकृत्या जितवन्तस्ते किं नु तेषां परं शुभम् ॥ ५.३.८ ॥
Having summoned the king, ever devoted to the duty of warriors, they defeated him by treachery. What greater good could there be for them than this?
5.3.9
कथं प्रणिपतेच्चायमिह कृत्वा पणं परम् ।
वनवासाद्विमुक्तरतु प्राप्तः पैतामहं पदम् ॥ ५.३.९ ॥
How could he bow down here, having staked this great wager? Freed from forest exile, he has already attained the ancestral position.
5.3.10
यद्ययं परवित्तानि कामयेत युधिष्ठिरः ।
एवमप्ययमत्यन्तं परान्नार्हति याचितुम् ॥ ५.३.१० ॥
Even if Yudhiṣṭhira should desire the wealth of others, he is by no means fit to beg food from others.
5.3.11
कथं च धर्मयुक्तास्ते न च राज्यं जिहीर्षवः ।
निवृत्तवनवासांस्तान्य आहुर्विदिता इति ॥ ५.३.११ ॥
They are endowed with dharma and do not desire to seize the kingdom; how can those who returned from forest exile be called 'the known ones'?
5.3.12
अनुनीता हि भीष्मेण द्रोणेन विदुरेण च ।
न व्यवस्यन्ति पाण्डूनां प्रदातुं पैतृकं वसु ॥ ५.३.१२ ॥
Though entreated by Bhīṣma, Droṇa and Vidura, they do not resolve to give the Pāṇḍavas their ancestral wealth.
5.3.13
अहं तु ताञ्छितैर्बाणैरनुनीय रणे बलात् ।
पादयोः पातयिष्यामि कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः ॥ ५.३.१३ ॥
I shall subdue them in battle by force with sharp arrows and cause them to fall at the feet of the great-souled son of Kuntī.
5.3.14
अथ ते न व्यवस्यन्ति प्रणिपाताय धीमतः ।
गमिष्यन्ति सहामात्या यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥ ५.३.१४ ॥
And if they do not resolve to bow down before that wise one, they will go with their ministers to the abode of Yama.
5.3.15
न हि ते युयुधानस्य संरब्धस्य युयुत्सतः ।
वेगं समर्थाः संसोद्धुं वज्रस्येव महीधराः ॥ ५.३.१५ ॥
Indeed they will not be able to withstand the onslaught of Yuyudhāna, enraged and eager for battle, as mountains cannot withstand the force of the thunderbolt.
5.3.16
को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानं कश्च चक्रायुधं युधि ।
मां चापि विषहेत्क्रुद्धं कश्च भीमं दुरासदम् ॥ ५.३.१६ ॥
Who in battle could withstand the bowman of the Gāṇḍīva, and who the discus-wielder? Who could bear even me when I am enraged, and who could bear Bhīma, hard to approach?
5.3.17
यमौ च दृढधन्वानौ यमकल्पौ महाद्युती ।
विराटद्रुपदौ वीरौ यमकालोपमद्युती ॥ ५.३.१७ ॥
The two twins, firm bowmen, like Yama, of great radiance, and the heroes Virāṭa and Drupada, radiant like Yama and Time.
5.3.18
को जिजीविषुरासादेद्धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् ।
पञ्चैतान्पाण्डवेयांस्तु द्रौपद्याः कीर्तिवर्धनान् ॥ ५.३.१८ ॥
Who, desiring to live, would approach Dhṛṣṭadyumna, son of Pṛṣata, and these five sons of Pāṇḍu, increasers of the fame of Draupadī?
5.3.19
समप्रमाणान्पाण्डूनां समवीर्यान्मदोत्कटान् ।
सौभद्रं च महेष्वासममरैरपि दुःसहम् ॥ ५.३.१९ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas are equal in stature and equal in might, fierce with pride; and Saubhadra, the great archer, is unbearable even to the gods.
5.3.20
गदप्रद्युम्नसाम्बांश्च कालसूर्यानलोपमान् ।
ते वयं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रं शकुनिना सह ॥ ५.३.२० ॥
Gada, Pradyumna and Sāmba, like Time, the sun and fire — we shall (destroy) the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with Śakuni.
5.3.21
कर्णं चैव निहत्याजावभिषेक्ष्याम पाण्डवम् ।
नाधर्मो विद्यते कश्चिच्छत्रून्हत्वाऽऽततायिनः ॥ ५.३.२१ ॥
Having slain Karṇa in battle, we shall consecrate the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira). There is no unrighteousness in slaying enemies who are aggressors.
5.3.22
अधर्म्यमयशस्यं च शात्रवाणां प्रयाचनम् ।
हृद्भतस्तस्य यः कामस्तं कुरुध्वमतन्द्रिताः ॥ ५.३.२२ ॥
To beg of enemies is unrighteous and disgraceful. Fulfil the desire that is in their hearts, without sloth.
5.3.23
धार्तराष्ट्रो ह्ययुद्धेन न राज्यं दातुमिच्छति ।
अद्य पाण्डुसुतो राज्यं लभतां वा युधिष्ठिरः।
निहता वा रणे सर्वे स्वप्स्यन्ति वसुधातले ॥ ५.३.२३ ॥
The son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra does not wish to give up the kingdom without war. Today let the son of Pāṇḍu, Yudhiṣṭhira, obtain the kingdom — or else all, slain in battle, shall sleep upon the surface of the earth.