Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.60
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5.60.1
सञ्जयस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्जनेश्वरः ।
ततः सङ्ख्यातुमारेभे तद्वचो गुणदोषतः ॥ ५.६०.१ ॥
Having heard Sañjaya's words, the king who had insight for his eyes began then to weigh those words according to their merits and faults.
5.60.2
प्रसङ्ख्याय च सौक्ष्म्येण गुणदोषान्विचक्षणः ।
यथावन्मतितत्त्वेन जयकामः सुतान्प्रति ॥ ५.६०.२ ॥
Having carefully reckoned the merits and faults with subtlety, the discerning king, desiring victory, considered his sons rightly by the true nature of his judgment.
5.60.3
बलाबलं विनिश्चित्य याथातथ्येन बुद्धिमान् ।
यदा तु मेने भूयिष्ठं तद्वचो गुणदोषतः ॥ ५.६०.३ ॥
When the wise king, having ascertained strength and weakness in accordance with truth, judged those words to be mostly sound according to their merits and faults.
5.60.4
पुनरेव कुरूणां च पाण्डवानां च बुद्धिमान् ।
शक्तिं शङ्ख्यातुमारेभे तदा वै मनुजाधिपः ॥ ५.६०.४ ॥
Again the wise lord of men then began to reckon the strength of the Kurus and of the Pāṇḍavas.
5.60.5
देवमानुषयोः शक्त्या तेजसा चैव पाण्डवान् ।
कुरूञ्शक्त्याऽल्पतरया दुर्योधनमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ५.६०.५ ॥
Weighing the Pāṇḍavas by the power and splendor of gods and men, and the Kurus by their far lesser power, he spoke to Duryodhana.
5.60.6
दुर्योधनेयं चिन्ता मे शश्वन्न व्युपशाम्यति ।
सत्यं ह्येतदहं मन्ये प्रत्यक्षं नानुमानतः ॥ ५.६०.६ ॥
O Duryodhana, this anxiety of mine never subsides. I hold it to be true, plainly seen, and not merely inferred.
5.60.7
आत्मजेषु परं स्नेहं सर्वभातिनि कुर्वते ।
प्रियामि चैषां कुर्वन्ति यथाशक्ति हितानि च ॥ ५.६०.७ ॥
People hold the greatest affection for their own sons, and according to their means they do what is dear and beneficial for them.
5.60.8
एवमेवोपकर्तॄणां प्रायशो लक्षयामहे ।
इच्छन्ति बहुलं सन्तः प्रतिकर्तुं महत्प्रियम् ॥ ५.६०.८ ॥
Thus, we generally observe, good people greatly wish to repay a great kindness to those who have done them a service.
5.60.9
अग्निः साचिव्यर्ता स्यात्खाण्डवे तत्कृतं स्मरन् ।
अर्जुनस्यापि भीमेऽस्मिन्कुरुपाण्डुसमागमे ॥ ५.६०.९ ॥
Recalling what Arjuna did in the Khāṇḍava forest, Agni too would become their helper in this meeting of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus.
5.60.10
जातिगृद्ध्याऽभिपन्नाश्च पाण्डवानामनेकशः ।
धर्मादयः समेष्यन्ति समाहूता दिवौकसः ॥ ५.६०.१० ॥
Moved by affection for their kin, and afflicted many times on account of the Pāṇḍavas, the gods headed by Dharma will assemble when summoned.
5.60.11
भीष्मद्रोणकृपादीनां भयादशनिसन्निभम् ।
रिरक्षिषन्तः संरभ्यं गमिष्यन्तीति मे मतिः ॥ ५.६०.११ ॥
Wishing to protect them from the thunderbolt-like fear of Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa and the others, they will go forth in fury, so I think.
5.60.12
ते देवैः सहिताः पार्था न शक्याः प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ।
मानुषेण नरव्याघ्रा वीर्यवन्तोऽस्त्रपारगाः ॥ ५.६०.१२ ॥
Those sons of Pṛthā, the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by the gods, cannot be faced by a man; they are tigers among men, valiant and masters of weapons.
5.60.13
दुरासदं यस्य दिव्यं गाण्डीवं धनुरुत्तमम् ।
वारुणौ चाक्षयौ दिव्यौ शरपूर्णौ महेषुधी ॥ ५.६०.१३ ॥
Whose divine Gāṇḍīva, the finest of bows, is hard to overcome, and whose two divine, inexhaustible quivers of Varuṇa are filled with arrows.
5.60.14
वानरश्च ध्वजे दिव्यो निःसङ्गे धूमवद्गतिः ।
रथश्च चतुरन्तायां यस्य नास्ति समः क्षितौ ॥ ५.६०.१४ ॥
On whose banner is the divine monkey, whose motion is unobstructed like smoke, and whose chariot has no equal on earth in all four quarters.
5.60.15
महामेघनिभश्चापि निर्घोषः श्रूयते जनैः ।
महाशनिसमः शब्दःत शात्रवाणां भयंकरः ॥ ५.६०.१५ ॥
His roar, like a great cloud, is heard by people; his sound, like a great thunderbolt, is terrifying to enemies.
5.60.16
यं चातिमानुषं वीर्ये कृत्स्नो लोको व्यवस्यति ।
देवानामपि जेतारं यं विदुः पार्थिवा रणे ॥ ५.६०.१६ ॥
Whose valour the whole world regards as superhuman, and whom kings in battle know as the conqueror even of the gods.
5.60.17
शतानि पञ्च चैवेषून्यो गृह्णन्नैव दृश्यते ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण मुञ्चन्दूरं च पातयन् ॥ ५.६०.१७ ॥
He who is not seen even as he takes up five hundred arrows, and who in the space of a single blink releases them and brings down those far away.
5.60.18
यमाह भीष्मो द्रोणश्च कृपो द्रौणिस्तथैव च ।
मद्रराजस्तथा शल्यो मध्यस्था ये च मानवाः ॥ ५.६०.१८ ॥
Of whom Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa's son, the king of the Madras Śalya, and the neutral men have spoken.
5.60.19
युद्धायावस्थितं पार्थं पार्थिवैरतिमानुषैः ।
अशक्यं रथशार्दूलं पराजेतुमरिंदमम् ॥ ५.६०.१९ ॥
Pārtha, standing ready for battle, cannot be defeated by kings who are beyond human, the tiger among charioteers, the subduer of foes.
5.60.20
क्षिपत्येकेन वेगेन पञ्चबाणशतानि यः ।
सदृशं बाहुवीर्येण कार्तवीर्यस्य पाण्डवम् ॥ ५.६०.२० ॥
He who shoots five hundred arrows with a single swift motion, equal to Kārtavīrya in the might of his arms — that Pāṇḍava.
5.60.21
तमर्जुनं महेष्वासं महेन्द्रोपेन्द्रविक्रमम् ।
निघ्नन्तमिव पश्याभि विमर्देऽस्मिन्महाहवे ॥ ५.६०.२१ ॥
See that great archer Arjuna, whose valour is that of Mahendra and Upendra, smiting in the crush of this mighty battle.
5.60.22
इत्येवं चिन्तयन्कृत्स्नमहोरात्राणि भारत ।
अनिद्रो निःसुखश्चास्मि कुरूणां शमचिन्तया ॥ ५.६०.२२ ॥
Thus, O Bhārata, thinking through all the days and nights, I am sleepless and joyless, in anxiety for the peace of the Kurus.
5.60.23
क्षयोदयोऽयं सुमहान्कुरूणां प्रत्युपस्थितः ।
अस्य चेत्कलहन्यान्तः शमादन्यो न विद्यते ॥ ५.६०.२३ ॥
The rising of this great destruction has drawn near upon the Kurus; if this quarrel is to end, there is no other way than peace.
5.60.24
शमो मे रोचते नित्यं पार्थैस्तात न विग्रहः ।
कुरुभ्यो हि सदा मन्ये पाण्डवाञ्शक्तिमत्तरान् ॥ ५.६०.२४ ॥
O dear one, peace with the sons of Pṛthā always pleases me, not conflict; I always think the Pāṇḍavas are mightier than the Kurus.