Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.78
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5.78.1
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव ।
पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च प्रतिपत्स्ये निरामयम्।
सर्वं त्विदं ममायत्तं बीभत्सो कर्मणोर्द्वयोः ॥ ५.७८.१ ॥
So be it, mighty-armed son of Pāṇḍu, as you say. I shall bring about welfare for the Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus. All this lies in my power, O Bībhatsu, in the power of both actions.
5.78.2
क्षेत्रं हि रसवच्छुद्धं कर्मणैवोपपादितम् ।
ऋते वर्षान्न कौन्तेय जातु निर्वर्तयेत्फलम् ॥ ५.७८.२ ॥
A field rich and pure, even when prepared by labour, O son of Kuntī, can never bring its fruit without rain.
5.78.3
तत्र वै पौरुषं ब्रूयुरासेकं यत्र कारितम् ।
तत्र चापि ध्रुवं पश्येच्छोषणं दैवकारितम् ॥ ५.७८.३ ॥
Where irrigation is done, they would call it human effort; and there too one must certainly see the drying-up caused by fate.
5.78.4
तदिदं निश्चित्तं बुद्ध्या पूर्वैरपि महात्मभिः ।
दैवे च मानुषे चैव संयुक्तं लोककारणम् ॥ ५.७८.४ ॥
This has been determined by reason even by the great souls of old: the cause of the world is joined of fate and human effort.
5.78.5
अहं हि तत्करिष्यामि परं पुरुषकारतः ।
देवं तु न मया शक्यं कर्म कर्तुं कथंचन ॥ ५.७८.५ ॥
I shall accomplish that through supreme human effort; but fate I can in no way bring about by action.
5.78.6
स हि धर्मं च लोकं च त्यक्त्वा चरति दुर्मतिः ।
न हि सन्तप्यते तेन तथारूपेण कर्मणा ॥ ५.७८.६ ॥
That ill-minded man wanders, having abandoned both dharma and the world; and by such an action he is not tormented.
5.78.7
तथापि बुद्धिं पापिष्ठां वर्धयन्त्यस्य मन्त्रिणः ।
शकुनिः सूतपुत्रश्च भ्राता दुःशासनस्तथा ॥ ५.७८.७ ॥
Yet his counsellors foster his most wicked mind — Śakuni, the charioteer's son, and his brother Duḥśāsana likewise.
5.78.8
स हि त्यागेन राज्यस्य न शमं समुपैष्यति ।
अन्तरेण वधं पार्थ सानुबन्धः सुयोधनः ॥ ५.७८.८ ॥
Surely he will not attain peace by giving up the kingdom; without slaughter, Suyodhana with his followers will not be calmed, son of Pṛthā.
5.78.9
न चापि प्रणिपातेन त्यक्तुमिच्छति धर्मराट् ।
याच्यमानश्च राज्यं स न प्रजास्यति दुर्मतिः ॥ ५.७८.९ ॥
Nor does the king of dharma desire to give it up even through prostration, and though requested, that evil-minded one will not yield the kingdom.
5.78.10
न तु मन्ये स तद्वाच्यो यद्युधिष्ठिरशातनम् ।
उक्तं प्रयोजनं यत्तु धर्मराजेन भारत ॥ ५.७८.१० ॥
But I do not think he should be told of the slaying of Yudhiṣṭhira; O Bhārata, the purpose stated by the king of dharma is the right one.
5.78.11
तथा पापस्तु तत्सर्वं न करिष्यति कौरवः ।
तस्मिंश्चाक्रियमाणेऽसौ लोके वध्यो भविष्यति ॥ ५.७८.११ ॥
And that wicked Kaurava will not do all of it; and if it is not done, he will become one to be slain in the world.
5.78.12
मम चापि स वध्यो हि जगतश्चापि भारत ।
तेन कौमारके यूयं सर्वे विप्रकृताः सदा ॥ ५.७८.१२ ॥
He is to be slain, both by me and by the world, O Bhārata; for from boyhood he has always wronged all of you.
5.78.13
विप्रलुप्तं च वो राज्यं नृशंसेन दुरात्मना ।
न चोपशाम्यते पापः श्रियं दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरे ॥ ५.७८.१३ ॥
The cruel, wicked-minded one has robbed you of your kingdom, and that sinner is not pacified when he sees Yudhiṣṭhira's prosperity.
5.78.14
असकृच्चाप्यहं तेन त्वत्कृते पार्थ भेदितः ।
न मया तद्गृहीतं च पापं तस्य चिकीर्षेतम् ॥ ५.७८.१४ ॥
O Pārtha, for your sake he has repeatedly tried to divide even me; yet I did not accept the sinful purpose he intended.
5.78.15
जानासि हि महाबाहो त्वमप्यस्य परं मतम् ।
प्रियं चिकीर्षमाणं च धर्मराजस्य मामपि ॥ ५.७८.१५ ॥
O mighty-armed one, you too know his supreme opinion, and he knows me as one who wishes to do what is dear to the king of dharma.
5.78.16
संजानंस्तस्य चात्मानं मम चैव परं मतम् ।
अजानन्निव मां कस्मादर्जुनाद्याभिशङ्कसे ॥ ५.७८.१६ ॥
Knowing well both his and my supreme opinion, why do you suspect me because of Arjuna, as if you did not know me?
5.78.17
यच्चापि परमं दिव्यं तच्चाप्यनुगतं त्वया ।
विधानं विहितं पार्थ कथं शर्म भवेत्परैः ॥ ५.७८.१७ ॥
O Pārtha, the supreme divine ordinance that you too have followed has been prescribed; how then could there be peace for the enemies?
5.78.18
यत्तु वाचा मया शक्यं कर्मणा वाऽपि पाण्डव ।
करिष्ये तदहं पार्थ न त्वाशंसे शमं परैः ॥ ५.७८.१८ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, whatever I can do by word or by deed, O Pārtha, I will do; yet I do not desire peace with the enemies for you.
5.78.19
कथं गोहरणे ह्युक्तो नैतच्छर्म तथा हितम् ।
याच्यमानो हि भीष्मेण संवत्सरगतेऽध्वनि ॥ ५.७८.१९ ॥
How, in the cattle-raid, could what was said be so beneficial to peace? Even when Bhīṣma entreated him on the road after a year had passed, it was not peace.
5.78.20
तदैव ते पराभूता यदा सङ्कल्पितास्त्वया ।
लवशः क्षणशश्चापि न च तुष्टः सुयोधनः ॥ ५.७८.२० ॥
Then indeed you were defeated, when you resolved upon it, piecemeal and moment by moment; yet Suyodhana was not satisfied.
5.78.21
सर्वथा तु मया कार्यं धर्मराजस्य शासनम् ।
विभाव्यं तस्य भूयश्च कर्म पापं दुरात्मनः ॥ ५.७८.२१ ॥
In every way I must carry out the command of the king of dharma, and again consider the sinful deeds of that evil-minded one.