Dhritarashtra Counsels Duryodhana Against Envy

Verse 1 (2.80.1)

त्वं वै ज्येष्ठो ज्यैष्ठिनेयः पुत्र मा पाण्डवान्द्विषः । द्वेष्टा ह्यसुखमादत्ते यथैव निधनं तथा ॥

tvaṃ vai jyeṣṭho jyaiṣṭhineyaḥ putra mā pāṇḍavāndviṣaḥ | dveṣṭā hyasukhamādatte yathaiva nidhanaṃ tathā

You are the eldest, my son, born of the eldest queen; do not hate the Pandavas. The one who hates takes misery upon himself, as surely as death.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वेषा → द्वेष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; द्वेषा is not a valid form; the agent noun "the one who hates" is needed; the critical edition reads dveṣṭā). Corrected निघनं → निधनं (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the critical edition reads nidhanaṃ). Wikisource prints no speaker heading for this adhyaya; the speech is Dhritarashtra's reply (the critical edition heads 2.50.1 dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca).

Verse 2 (2.80.2)

अव्युत्पन्नं समानार्थं तुल्यमित्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । अद्विषन्तं कथं द्विष्यात्त्वादृशो भरतर्षभ ॥

avyutpannaṃ samānārthaṃ tulyamitraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | adviṣantaṃ kathaṃ dviṣyāttvādṛśo bharatarṣabha

Yudhishthira knows no guile; his wealth is equal to yours, his friends are your friends, and he does not hate you. How could one like you hate him, O bull of the Bharatas?

Verse 3 (2.80.3)

तुल्याभिजनवीर्यश्च कथं भ्रातुः श्रियं नृप । पुत्र कामयसे मोहान्मैवं भूः शाम्य मा शुचः ॥

tulyābhijanavīryaśca kathaṃ bhrātuḥ śriyaṃ nṛpa | putra kāmayase mohānmaivaṃ bhūḥ śāmya mā śucaḥ

You are his equal in birth and valour; why then, O king, my son, do you covet your brother's fortune out of delusion? Do not be like this. Be calm; do not grieve.

Verse 4 (2.80.4)

अथ यज्ञविभूतिं तां काङ्क्षसे भरतर्षभ । ऋत्विजस्तव तन्वन्तु सप्ततन्तुं महाध्वरम् ॥

atha yajñavibhūtiṃ tāṃ kāṅkṣase bharatarṣabha | ṛtvijastava tanvantu saptatantuṃ mahādhvaram

And if you long for that splendour of sacrifice, O bull of the Bharatas, let your priests spread for you too a great sacrifice of seven strands.

Verse 5 (2.80.5)

आहरिष्यन्ति राजानस्तवापि विपुलं धनम् । प्रीत्या च बहुमानाच्च रत्नान्याभरणानि च ॥

āhariṣyanti rājānastavāpi vipulaṃ dhanam | prītyā ca bahumānācca ratnānyābharaṇāni ca

The kings will bring you too abundant wealth, gems and ornaments, out of affection and great regard.

Verse 6 (2.80.6)

अनार्याचरितं तात परस्वस्पृहणं भृशम् । स्वसन्तुष्टः स्वधर्मस्थो यः स वै सुखमेधते ॥

anāryācaritaṃ tāta parasvaspṛhaṇaṃ bhṛśam | svasantuṣṭaḥ svadharmastho yaḥ sa vai sukhamedhate

To crave another's property greatly, dear son, is the conduct of the ignoble. He who is content with his own and stands firm in his own duty truly prospers in happiness.

Verse 7 (2.80.7)

मही कामदुघा सा हि वीरपत्नीति चोच्यते । तथा वीरस्य भार्या श्रीस्ते इमे हि कलत्रवत् ॥

mahī kāmadughā sā hi vīrapatnīti cocyate | tathā vīrasya bhāryā śrīste ime hi kalatravat

The earth is a wish-granting cow; she is called the wife of heroes. So too Shri, Fortune, is the wife of the hero; these two are to him like consorts.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before मही. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives the first line in its apparatus (486*, after 2.50.5), where the second line reads differently (tathā vīrāśritā bhūmis tanute hi manoratham).

Verse 8 (2.80.8)

तवाप्यस्ति हि चेद्वीर्यं भोक्ष्यसे हि महीमिमाम् ॥

tavāpyasti hi cedvīryaṃ bhokṣyase hi mahīmimām

If you too have valour, you will enjoy this earth.

Note on the text: Corrected हे → हि (misprint in Wikisource; the interjection हे makes no sense mid-clause; the CE apparatus reads hi ced). A single line in Wikisource: it is the third line of the three-line passage 486* (after 2.50.5) in the CE apparatus, where it reads bhikṣyase for भोक्ष्यसे; nothing has been lost. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (2.80.9)

अयुक्तमिदमेतत्तु परस्वहरणं भृशम् । उभयोर्लोकयोर्दुःखं सुहृदां काङ्क्षतोऽनयम् ॥

ayuktamidametattu parasvaharaṇaṃ bhṛśam | ubhayorlokayorduḥkhaṃ suhṛdāṃ kāṅkṣato'nayam

But this seizing of another's property is wholly improper. It brings sorrow in both worlds to one who wishes misfortune on his friends.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line is close to a line in the CE apparatus (487*, after 2.50.6a: ubhayor lokayor duḥkhaṃ suhṛdām avamānanam); the first line is not in the CE.

Verse 10 (2.80.10)

अव्यापारः परार्तेषु नित्योद्योगः स्वकर्मसु । रक्षणं समुपात्तानामेतद्वैभवलक्षणम् ॥

avyāpāraḥ parārteṣu nityodyogaḥ svakarmasu | rakṣaṇaṃ samupāttānāmetadvaibhavalakṣaṇam

Not meddling in others' troubles, constant effort in one's own work, and guarding what one has gained: these are the marks of prosperity.

Verse 11 (2.80.11)

विपत्तिष्वव्यथो दक्षो नित्यमुत्थानवान्नरः । अप्रमत्तो विनीतात्मा नित्यं भद्राणि पश्यति ॥

vipattiṣvavyatho dakṣo nityamutthānavānnaraḥ | apramatto vinītātmā nityaṃ bhadrāṇi paśyati

The man who is unshaken in misfortune, skilful, ever energetic, watchful and self-disciplined always sees good fortune.

Verse 12 (2.80.12)

बाहूनिवैतान्मा च्छेत्सीः पाण्डुपुत्रास्तथैव ते । भ्रातॄणां तद्धनार्थं वै मित्रद्रोहं च मा कुरु ॥

bāhūnivaitānmā cchetsīḥ pāṇḍuputrāstathaiva te | bhrātṝṇāṃ taddhanārthaṃ vai mitradrohaṃ ca mā kuru

Do not cut them off, for they are like your own arms; the sons of Pandu are as much yours. Do not betray your friends for the sake of your brothers' wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृणां → भ्रातॄणां (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive plural has long ॄ, as in the CE apparatus's bhrātṝṇāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it in its apparatus as 488* (after 2.50.8).

Verse 13 (2.80.13)

पाण्डोः पुत्रान्मा द्विषस्वेह राजं- । स्तथैव ते भ्रातृधनं समग्रम् । मित्रद्रोहे तात महानधर्मः । पितामहा ये तव तेऽपि तेषाम् ॥

pāṇḍoḥ putrānmā dviṣasveha rājaṃ- | stathaiva te bhrātṛdhanaṃ samagram | mitradrohe tāta mahānadharmaḥ | pitāmahā ye tava te'pi teṣām

Do not hate the sons of Pandu here, O king; your brothers' whole wealth is yours in the same way. Treachery to friends, dear son, is a great wrong. The forefathers who are yours are theirs as well.

Note on the text: Corrected महानघर्मः → महानधर्मः (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the CE apparatus reads mahān adharmaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it in its apparatus as 489* (after 2.50.8).

Verse 14 (2.80.14)

अन्तर्वेद्यां ददद्वित्तं कामाननुभवन्प्रियान् । क्रीडन्स्त्रीभिर्निरातङ्कः प्रशाम्य भरतर्षभ ॥

antarvedyāṃ dadadvittaṃ kāmānanubhavanpriyān | krīḍanstrībhirnirātaṅkaḥ praśāmya bharatarṣabha

Give wealth at the sacrificial altar, enjoy the pleasures you love, take your pleasure with women free from care, and be at peace, O bull of the Bharatas.