Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.77
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5.77.1
उक्तं युधिष्ठिरेणैव यावद्वाच्यं जनार्दन ।
तव वाक्यं तु मे श्रुत्वा प्रतिभाति परन्तप ॥ ५.७७.१ ॥
Janārdana, Yudhiṣṭhira has already said all that was to be said. But having heard your words, they do not seem right to me, O scorcher of foes.
5.77.2
नैव प्रशममत्र त्वं मन्यसे सुकरं प्रभो ।
लोभाद्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य दैन्याद्वा समुपस्थितात् ॥ ५.७७.२ ॥
O lord, you do not think peace is easy to achieve here; it has arisen either from Dhṛtarāṣṭra's greed or from his weakness.
5.77.3
अफलं मन्यसे वाऽपि पुरुषस्य पराक्रमम् ।
न चान्तरेण कर्माणि पौरुषेण बलोदयः ॥ ५.७७.३ ॥
You consider even a man's valor to be fruitless; yet without actions and human effort, strength does not arise.
5.77.4
तदिदं भाषितं वाक्यं तथाचन तथैव तत् ।
न चैतदेवं द्रष्टव्यमसाध्यमपि किंचन ॥ ५.७७.४ ॥
That speech you have spoken is indeed so, and so it is. Yet this should not be viewed as if anything is unattainable.
5.77.5
किं चैतन्मन्यसे कृच्छ्रमस्माकमवसादकम् ।
कुर्वन्ति तेषां कर्माणि येषां नास्ति फलोदयः ॥ ५.७७.५ ॥
And why do you consider this a hardship and a cause of despondency for us? Surely there are those who perform actions in which no fruit arises.
5.77.6
संपाद्यमानं सम्यक्व स्यात्कर्म सफलं प्रभो ।
स तथा कृष्ण वर्तस्व यथा शर्म भवेत्परैः ॥ ५.७७.६ ॥
A deed carried out well, O lord, becomes fruitful. So, O Kṛṣṇa, conduct yourself in such a way that there may be peace for the others.
5.77.7
पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च भवान्नः प्रथमः सुहृत् ।
सुराणामसुराणां च यथा वीर प्रजापतिः ॥ ५.७७.७ ॥
O hero, as Prajāpati is to the gods and the demons, so you are our first well-wisher, of the Pāṇḍavas and of the Kurus alike.
5.77.8
कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च प्रतिपत्स्व निरामयम् ।
अस्मद्धितमनुष्ठानं मन्ये तव न दुष्करम् ॥ ५.७७.८ ॥
Secure a harmless peace for the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas alike; I think this undertaking for our good is not difficult for you.
5.77.9
एवं च कार्यतामेति कार्यं तव जनार्दन ।
गमनादेवमेव त्वं करिष्यसि जनार्दन ॥ ५.७७.९ ॥
Thus, O Janārdana, your task will be accomplished; by going, O Janārdana, you will do just this.
5.77.10
चिकीर्षितमथान्यत्ते तस्मिन्वीर दुरात्मानि ।
भविष्यति च तत्सर्वं यथा तव चिकीर्षितम् ॥ ५.७७.१० ॥
O hero, whatever else you intend concerning that evil-minded man, all of it will come about just as you wish it.
5.77.11
शर्म तैः सह वा नोऽस्तु तव वा यच्चिकीर्षितम् ।
विचार्यमाणो यः कामस्तव कृष्ण स नो गुरुः ॥ ५.७७.११ ॥
Let there be peace for us with them, or whatever you desire; O Kṛṣṇa, the desire you settle upon after deliberation, that is authority for us.
5.77.12
न स नार्हति दुष्टात्मा वधं ससुतबान्धवः ।
येन धर्मसुते दृष्टा न सा श्रीरुपमर्षिता ॥ ५.७७.१२ ॥
That evil-minded man, who saw the son of Dharma and could not bear his splendour, does not deserve death together with his sons and kinsmen.
5.77.13
यच्चाप्यपश्यतोपायं धर्मिष्ठं मधुसूदन ।
उपायेन नृशंसेन हृता दुर्द्यूतदेविना ॥ ५.७७.१३ ॥
O Madhusūdana, by a cruel means that the most righteous one had not seen, the wicked dice-player took it away.
5.77.14
कथं हि पुरुषो जातः क्षत्रियेषु धनुर्धरः ।
समाहूतो निवर्तेत प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते ॥ ५.७७.१४ ॥
How could a man born an archer among the kṣatriyas turn back when challenged, even when the sacrifice of his life stands before him?
5.77.15
अधर्मेण जितान्दृष्ट्वा वने प्रवृजितांस्तथा ।
वध्यतां मम वार्ष्णेय निर्गतोऽसौ सुयोधनः ॥ ५.७७.१५ ॥
Seeing us defeated by unrighteousness and exiled to the forest, O Vārṣṇeya, let them be slain by me; Suyodhana has gone away.
5.77.16
न चैतदद्भुतं कृष्ण मित्रार्थे यच्चिकीर्षसि ।
क्रिया कथंच मुख्या स्यान्मृदुना चेतरेण वा ॥ ५.७७.१६ ॥
Nor is it strange, Kṛṣṇa, that you wish to act for a friend; but by gentleness or by the other means, how would the principal act be accomplished?
5.77.17
अथवा मन्यसे ज्यायान्वधस्तेषामनन्तरम् ।
तदेव क्रियतामाशु न विचार्यमतस्त्वया ॥ ५.७७.१७ ॥
Or if you think that their killing afterwards is better, let that very thing be done quickly; you should not deliberate on it.
5.77.18
जानासि हि यथैतेन द्रौपदी पापबुद्धिना ।
परिक्लिष्टा सभामध्ये तच्च तस्योपमर्षितम् ॥ ५.७७.१८ ॥
You know how Draupadī was tormented in the midst of the assembly by this evil-minded man, and the insult that he inflicted on her.
5.77.19
स नाम सम्यग्वर्तेत पाण्डवेष्विति माधव ।
न मे सञ्जायते बुद्धिर्बीजमुप्तमिवोषरे ॥ ५.७७.१९ ॥
Arjuna said: O Mādhava, the thought does not arise in me that he would conduct himself rightly toward the Pāṇḍavas, like a seed sown in barren ground.
5.77.20
तस्माद्यन्मन्यसे युक्तं पाण्डवानां हितं च यत् ।
तथाऽऽशु कुरु वार्ष्णेय यन्नः कार्यमनन्तरम् ॥ ५.७७.२० ॥
Therefore, do quickly whatever you think is fitting and beneficial for the Pāṇḍavas, O Vārṣṇeya, and whatever is our immediate duty.