Gandhari Counsels Duryodhana

Verse 1 (5.129.1)

कृष्णस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । विदुरं सर्वधर्मज्ञं त्वरमाणोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

kṛṣṇasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | viduraṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ tvaramāṇo'bhyabhāṣata

Hearing Krishna's words, Dhritarashtra, lord of men, spoke in haste to Vidura, who knew all of dharma:

Verse 2 (5.129.2)

गच्छ तात महाप्राज्ञ गान्धारीं दीर्घदर्शिनीम् । आनयेह तया सार्धमनुनेष्यामि दुर्मतिम् ॥

gaccha tāta mahāprājña gāndhārīṃ dīrghadarśinīm | ānayeha tayā sārdhamanuneṣyāmi durmatim

"Go, my friend, wise one, and bring the far-sighted Gandhari here. Together with her I shall try to win over this evil-minded son.

Verse 3 (5.129.3)

यदि सा न दुरात्मानं शमयेद्दुष्टचेतसम् । अपि कृष्णस्य सुहृदस्तिष्ठेम वचने वयम् ॥

yadi sā na durātmānaṃ śamayedduṣṭacetasam | api kṛṣṇasya suhṛdastiṣṭhema vacane vayam

If she does not calm this evil-souled one of wicked heart, we can at least abide by the word of Krishna, our friend.

Verse 4 (5.129.4)

अपि लोभाभिभूतस्य पन्थानमनुदर्शयेत् । दुर्बुद्धेर्दुःसहायस्य शमार्थं ब्रुवती वचः ॥

api lobhābhibhūtasya panthānamanudarśayet | durbuddherduḥsahāyasya śamārthaṃ bruvatī vacaḥ

Perhaps she may show the path to this man overcome by greed, speaking words of peace to one so evil-minded, with such evil companions.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (5.127.4ab): Wikisource has lost the first line of this verse — the page marks the verse end (॥) after 'वचः' — so its rows 4–6 each joined the second half of one verse to the first half of the next. The first line is restored as 'अपि लोभाभिभूतस्य पन्थानमनुदर्शयेत्'; the second line is Wikisource's (critical edition samarthaṃ for शमार्थं).

Verse 5 (5.129.5)

अपि नो व्यसनं घोरं दुर्योधनकृतं महत् । शमयेच्चिररात्राय योगक्षेमवदव्ययम् ॥

api no vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ duryodhanakṛtaṃ mahat | śamayeccirarātrāya yogakṣemavadavyayam

Perhaps she may calm, for a long time to come, this great and terrible calamity that Duryodhana has brought upon us, and secure our welfare unimpaired."

Note on the text: Redivided: this verse joins the second line of Wikisource's row 4 to the first line of its row 5, as in the critical edition (5.127.5); the page's own marks put no verse end after 'महत्'.

Verse 6 (5.129.6)

राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा विदुरो दीर्घदर्शिनीम् । आनयामास गान्धारीं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शासनात् ॥

rājñastu vacanaṃ śrutvā viduro dīrghadarśinīm | ānayāmāsa gāndhārīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsanāt

Hearing the king's words, Vidura, at Dhritarashtra's command, brought the far-sighted Gandhari.

Note on the text: Redivided: this verse joins the second line of Wikisource's row 5 to its one-line row 6, as in the critical edition (5.127.6) and the page's verse-end mark after 'शासनात्'. Narration (Vaishampayana), not Dhritarashtra's speech.

Verse 7 (5.129.7)

एष गान्धारि पुत्रस्ते दुरात्मा शासनातिगः । ऐश्वर्यलोभादैश्वर्यं जीवितं च प्रहास्यति ॥

eṣa gāndhāri putraste durātmā śāsanātigaḥ | aiśvaryalobhādaiśvaryaṃ jīvitaṃ ca prahāsyati

"Gandhari, this son of yours is evil-souled and defies all command. Out of greed for sovereignty he will lose both his sovereignty and his life.

Verse 8 (5.129.8)

अशिष्टवदमर्यादः पापैः सह दुरात्मवान् । सभाया निर्गतो मूढो व्यतिक्रम्य सुहृद्वचः ॥

aśiṣṭavadamaryādaḥ pāpaiḥ saha durātmavān | sabhāyā nirgato mūḍho vyatikramya suhṛdvacaḥ

Behaving like an ill-bred man, without restraint, evil-hearted along with his sinful companions, the fool has walked out of the assembly, overriding the words of his well-wishers."

Verse 9 (5.129.9)

सा भर्तृवचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्री यशस्विनी । अन्विच्छन्ती महच्छ्रेयो गान्धारी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

sā bhartṛvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrī yaśasvinī | anvicchantī mahacchreyo gāndhārī vākyamabravīt

Hearing her husband's words, the illustrious princess Gandhari, seeking the highest good, spoke:

Verse 10 (5.129.10)

आनायय सुतं क्षिप्रं राज्यकामुकमातुरम् । नहि राज्यमशिष्टेन शक्यं धर्मार्थलोपिना । आप्तुमाप्तं तथाऽपीदमविनीतेन सर्वथा ॥

ānāyaya sutaṃ kṣipraṃ rājyakāmukamāturam | nahi rājyamaśiṣṭena śakyaṃ dharmārthalopinā | āptumāptaṃ tathā'pīdamavinītena sarvathā

"Have my son brought here at once, sick with lust for the kingdom. A kingdom cannot be won by an ill-bred man who tramples on dharma and artha — nor, once won, can it be kept by one who is wholly undisciplined.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 5.127.10 (ānayeha for आनायय). Line 3 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); recorded in its apparatus as 5.127.10d*0481.

Verse 11 (5.129.11)

त्वं ह्येवात्र भृशं गर्ह्यो धृतराष्ट्र सुतप्रियः । यो जानन्पापतामस्य तत्प्रज्ञामनुवर्तसे ॥

tvaṃ hyevātra bhṛśaṃ garhyo dhṛtarāṣṭra sutapriyaḥ | yo jānanpāpatāmasya tatprajñāmanuvartase

It is you above all who deserve blame here, Dhritarashtra, so fond of your son: knowing his wickedness, you still follow his way of thinking.

Verse 12 (5.129.12)

स एष काममन्युभ्यां प्रलब्धो लोभमास्थितः । अशक्योऽद्य त्वया राजन्विनिवर्तयितुं बलात् ॥

sa eṣa kāmamanyubhyāṃ pralabdho lobhamāsthitaḥ | aśakyo'dya tvayā rājanvinivartayituṃ balāt

Seized by lust and anger, he has given himself over to greed; you cannot now turn him back by force, O king.

Verse 13 (5.129.13)

राष्ट्रप्रदाने मूढस्य बालिशस्य दुरात्मनः । दुःसहायस्य लुब्धस्य धृतराष्ट्रोऽश्नुते फलम् ॥

rāṣṭrapradāne mūḍhasya bāliśasya durātmanaḥ | duḥsahāyasya lubdhasya dhṛtarāṣṭro'śnute phalam

Dhritarashtra is reaping the fruit of handing the realm to a son who is foolish, childish, evil-souled, greedy and surrounded by evil companions.

Note on the text: Corrected धृतराष्ट्रोऽश्रुते → धृतराष्ट्रोऽश्नुते (misprint in Wikisource; श्रु for श्नु, as in the critical edition's 'śnute).

Verse 14 (5.129.14)

कथं हि स्वजने भेदमुपेक्षेत महीपतिः । भिन्नं हि स्वजनेन त्वां प्रहरिष्यन्ति शत्रवः ॥

kathaṃ hi svajane bhedamupekṣeta mahīpatiḥ | bhinnaṃ hi svajanena tvāṃ prahariṣyanti śatravaḥ

How can a ruler of the earth overlook a rift among his own people? For once you are divided from your own kin, your enemies will strike you.

Verse 15 (5.129.15)

या हि शक्या महाराज साम्ना भेदेन वा पुनः । निस्तर्तुमापदः स्वेषु दण्डं कस्तत्र पातयेत् ॥

yā hi śakyā mahārāja sāmnā bhedena vā punaḥ | nistartumāpadaḥ sveṣu daṇḍaṃ kastatra pātayet

When troubles among one's own people can be overcome, great king, by conciliation or by sowing division, who would bring down the rod of force on them?"

Verse 16 (5.129.16)

शासनाद्धृतराष्ट्रस्य दुर्योधनममर्षणम् । मातुश्च वचनात्क्षत्ता सभां प्रावेशयत्पुनः ॥

śāsanāddhṛtarāṣṭrasya duryodhanamamarṣaṇam | mātuśca vacanātkṣattā sabhāṃ prāveśayatpunaḥ

At Dhritarashtra's command and at his mother's word, the Kshattri (Vidura) brought the wrathful Duryodhana into the assembly once more.

Verse 17 (5.129.17)

स मातुर्वचनाकाङ्क्षी प्रविवेश पुनः सभाम् । अभिताम्रेक्षणः क्रोधान्निश्वसन्निव पन्नगः ॥

sa māturvacanākāṅkṣī praviveśa punaḥ sabhām | abhitāmrekṣaṇaḥ krodhānniśvasanniva pannagaḥ

Eager to hear what his mother would say, he entered the hall again, his eyes copper-red with anger, hissing like a serpent.

Verse 18 (5.129.18)

तं प्रविष्टमभिप्रेक्ष्य पुत्रमुत्पथमास्थितम् । विगर्हमाणा गान्धारी शमार्थं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

taṃ praviṣṭamabhiprekṣya putramutpathamāsthitam | vigarhamāṇā gāndhārī śamārthaṃ vākyamabravīt

Seeing her son come in, set on the wrong path, Gandhari reproached him and spoke words meant for peace:

Verse 19 (5.129.19)

दुर्योधन निबोधेदं वचनं मम पुत्रक । हितं ते सानुबन्धस्य तथाऽऽयत्यांसुखोदयम् ॥

duryodhana nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ mama putraka | hitaṃ te sānubandhasya tathā''yatyāṃsukhodayam

"Duryodhana, my son, hear these words of mine; they are for the good of you and your followers, and will bring happiness in time to come.

Verse 20 (5.129.20)

दुर्योधन यदाह त्वां पिता भरतसत्तम । भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपः क्षत्ता सुहृदां कुरु तद्वचः ॥

duryodhana yadāha tvāṃ pitā bharatasattama | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ kṣattā suhṛdāṃ kuru tadvacaḥ

Duryodhana, best of the Bharatas, do what your father, Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the Kshattri — your well-wishers — tell you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); recorded in its apparatus as 5.127.19d*0482, lines 1–2.

Verse 21 (5.129.21)

भीष्मस्य तु पितुश्चैव मम चापचितिः कृता । भवेद्द्रोणमुखानां च सुहृदां शाम्यता त्वया ॥

bhīṣmasya tu pituścaiva mama cāpacitiḥ kṛtā | bhaveddroṇamukhānāṃ ca suhṛdāṃ śāmyatā tvayā

By making peace you would show due honour to Bhishma, to your father and to me, and to your well-wishers headed by Drona.

Verse 22 (5.129.22)

न हि राज्यं महाप्राज्ञ स्वेन कामेन शक्यते । अवाप्तुं रक्षितुं वाऽपि भोक्तुं भरतसत्तम ॥

na hi rājyaṃ mahāprājña svena kāmena śakyate | avāptuṃ rakṣituṃ vā'pi bhoktuṃ bharatasattama

A kingdom cannot be won, or kept, or enjoyed merely by one's own will, wise one, best of the Bharatas.

Verse 23 (5.129.23)

न ह्यवश्येन्द्रियो राज्यमश्नीयाद्दीर्घमन्तरम् । विजितात्मा तु मेधावी स राज्यमभिपालयेत् ॥

na hyavaśyendriyo rājyamaśnīyāddīrghamantaram | vijitātmā tu medhāvī sa rājyamabhipālayet

One whose senses are not under control cannot enjoy a kingdom for long; it is the wise man who has conquered himself who protects a kingdom.

Note on the text: Corrected राज्यमश्रीयाद् → राज्यमश्नीयाद् (misprint in Wikisource; श्री for श्नी, as in the critical edition's aśnīyād).

Verse 24 (5.129.24)

कामक्रोधौ हि पुरुषमर्थेभ्यो व्यपकर्षतः । तौ तु शत्रू विनिर्जित्य राजा विजयते महीम् ॥

kāmakrodhau hi puruṣamarthebhyo vyapakarṣataḥ | tau tu śatrū vinirjitya rājā vijayate mahīm

Lust and anger drag a man away from his gains; but the king who conquers those two enemies wins the earth.

Verse 25 (5.129.25)

लोकेश्वर प्रभुत्वंहि महदेतद्दुरात्मभिः । राज्यं नामेप्सितं स्थानं न शक्यमभिरक्षितुम् ॥

lokeśvara prabhutvaṃhi mahadetaddurātmabhiḥ | rājyaṃ nāmepsitaṃ sthānaṃ na śakyamabhirakṣitum

O lord of the world, sovereignty is a great thing; kingship, a station so coveted, cannot be guarded by the evil-souled.

Verse 26 (5.129.26)

इन्द्रियाणि महत्प्रेप्सुर्नियच्छेदर्थधर्मयोः । इन्द्रियैर्नियतैर्बुद्धिर्वर्धतेऽग्निरिवेन्धनैः ॥

indriyāṇi mahatprepsurniyacchedarthadharmayoḥ | indriyairniyatairbuddhirvardhate'gnirivendhanaiḥ

One who seeks greatness should keep his senses in check for the sake of artha and dharma; with the senses restrained, understanding grows, as fire grows with fuel.

Verse 27 (5.129.27)

अविधेयानि हीमानि व्यापादयितुमप्यलम् । अविधेया इवादान्ता हयाः पथि कुसारथिम् ॥

avidheyāni hīmāni vyāpādayitumapyalam | avidheyā ivādāntā hayāḥ pathi kusārathim

Left ungoverned, these senses can even destroy a man, as unruly, untamed horses destroy a bad charioteer on the road.

Verse 28 (5.129.28)

अविजित्य य आत्मानममात्यान्विजिगीषते । अमित्रान्वाऽजितामात्यः सोऽवशः परिहीयते ॥

avijitya ya ātmānamamātyānvijigīṣate | amitrānvā'jitāmātyaḥ so'vaśaḥ parihīyate

One who seeks to conquer his ministers without first conquering himself — or his enemies, without conquering his ministers — is helpless and comes to ruin.

Verse 29 (5.129.29)

आत्मानमेव प्रथमं द्वेष्यरूपेण योजयेत् । ततोऽमात्यानमित्रांश्च न मोघं विजिगीषते ॥

ātmānameva prathamaṃ dveṣyarūpeṇa yojayet | tato'mātyānamitrāṃśca na moghaṃ vijigīṣate

One should first bring one's own self under control, treating it as an enemy to be subdued; then one may seek to conquer ministers and enemies, and not in vain.

Verse 30 (5.129.30)

वश्येन्द्रियं जितामात्यं धृतदण्डं विकारिषु । परीक्ष्यकारिणं धीरमत्यर्थं श्रीर्निषेवते ॥

vaśyendriyaṃ jitāmātyaṃ dhṛtadaṇḍaṃ vikāriṣu | parīkṣyakāriṇaṃ dhīramatyarthaṃ śrīrniṣevate

Fortune attends in full measure the steadfast man who has mastered his senses, won over his ministers, holds the rod over wrongdoers and acts after careful examination.

Verse 31 (5.129.31)

क्षुद्राक्षेणेव जालेन झषावपिहितावुभौ । कामक्रोधौ शरीरस्थौ प्रज्ञानं तौ विलुम्पतः ॥

kṣudrākṣeṇeva jālena jhaṣāvapihitāvubhau | kāmakrodhau śarīrasthau prajñānaṃ tau vilumpataḥ

Like two fish caught in a fine-meshed net, lust and anger, dwelling within the body, rob a man of his wisdom.

Verse 32 (5.129.32)

याभ्यां हि देवाः स्वर्यातुः स्वर्गस्य पिदधुर्मुखम् । बिभ्यतोऽनुपरागस्य कामक्रोधौ स्म वर्धितौ ॥

yābhyāṃ hi devāḥ svaryātuḥ svargasya pidadhurmukham | bibhyato'nuparāgasya kāmakrodhau sma vardhitau

It was through these two — lust and anger, which they made to grow in him — that the gods, fearing a passionless man on his way to heaven, shut the gate of heaven against him.

Verse 33 (5.129.33)

कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च दम्भं दर्पं च भूमिपः । सम्यग्विजेतुं यो वेद स महीमभिजायते ॥

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca dambhaṃ darpaṃ ca bhūmipaḥ | samyagvijetuṃ yo veda sa mahīmabhijāyate

The king who knows how truly to conquer lust, anger, greed, deceit and pride wins mastery over the earth.

Verse 34 (5.129.34)

सततं निग्रहे युक्त इन्द्रियाणां भवेन्नृपः । ईप्सन्नर्थं च धर्मं च द्विषतां च पराभवम् ॥

satataṃ nigrahe yukta indriyāṇāṃ bhavennṛpaḥ | īpsannarthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca dviṣatāṃ ca parābhavam

A king should always be intent on restraining his senses, if he seeks wealth and dharma and the defeat of his foes.

Verse 35 (5.129.35)

कामाभिभूतः क्रोधाद्वा यो मिथ्या प्रतिपद्यते । स्वेषु चान्येषु वा तस्य न सहाया भवन्त्युत ॥

kāmābhibhūtaḥ krodhādvā yo mithyā pratipadyate | sveṣu cānyeṣu vā tasya na sahāyā bhavantyuta

One who, overcome by lust or by anger, behaves falsely toward his own people or toward others will find no allies.

Verse 36 (5.129.36)

एकीभूतैर्महाप्राज्ञैः शूरैररिनिबर्हणैः । पाण्डवैः पृथिवीं तात भोक्ष्यसे सहितः सुखी ॥

ekībhūtairmahāprājñaiḥ śūrairarinibarhaṇaiḥ | pāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthivīṃ tāta bhokṣyase sahitaḥ sukhī

United with the Pandavas — wise, heroic, destroyers of enemies — you will enjoy the earth together with them in happiness, my son.

Verse 37 (5.129.37)

यथा भीष्मः शान्तनवो द्रोणश्चापि महारथः । आहतुस्तात तत्सत्यमजेयौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ ॥

yathā bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo droṇaścāpi mahārathaḥ | āhatustāta tatsatyamajeyau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau

What Bhishma son of Shantanu and the great chariot-warrior Drona have said is true, my son: Krishna and the Pandava are invincible.

Verse 38 (5.129.38)

प्रपद्यस्व महाबाहुं कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम् । प्रसन्नो हि सुखाय स्यादुभयोरेव केशवः ॥

prapadyasva mahābāhuṃ kṛṣṇamakliṣṭakāriṇam | prasanno hi sukhāya syādubhayoreva keśavaḥ

Take refuge with mighty-armed Krishna, whose deeds are done without strain; for Keshava, once pleased, would bring happiness to both sides.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रपद्यष्व → प्रपद्यस्व (misprint in Wikisource; ष for स, as in the critical edition's prapadyasva).

Verse 39 (5.129.39)

सुहृदामर्थकामानां यो न तिष्ठति शासने । प्राज्ञानां कृतविद्यानां स नरः शत्रुनन्दनः ॥

suhṛdāmarthakāmānāṃ yo na tiṣṭhati śāsane | prājñānāṃ kṛtavidyānāṃ sa naraḥ śatrunandanaḥ

The man who does not abide by the counsel of well-wishers who desire his good, who are wise and learned, only gladdens his enemies.

Verse 40 (5.129.40)

न युद्धे तात कल्याणं न धर्मार्थौ कुतः सुखम् । न चापि विजयो नित्यं मा युद्धे चेत आधिथाः ॥

na yuddhe tāta kalyāṇaṃ na dharmārthau kutaḥ sukham | na cāpi vijayo nityaṃ mā yuddhe ceta ādhithāḥ

There is no good in war, my son, neither dharma nor artha — how then happiness? Nor is victory ever certain. Do not set your heart on war.

Verse 41 (5.129.41)

भीष्मेण हि महाप्राज्ञ पित्रा ते बाह्लिकेन च । दत्तोंऽशः पाण्डुपुत्राणां भेदाद्भीतैररिन्दम ॥

bhīṣmeṇa hi mahāprājña pitrā te bāhlikena ca | dattoṃ'śaḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ bhedādbhītairarindama

For Bhishma, wise one, and your father, and Bahlika gave the sons of Pandu their share out of fear of a rift, subduer of enemies.

Note on the text: Corrected पित्र → पित्रा and भेदाद्भतैर् → भेदाद्भीतैर् (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel signs, as in the critical edition's pitrā and bhītair).

Verse 42 (5.129.42)

तस्य चैतत्प्रदानस्य फलमद्यानुपश्यसि । यद्भुङ्क्षे पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां शूरैर्निहतकण्टकाम् ॥

tasya caitatpradānasya phalamadyānupaśyasi | yadbhuṅkṣe pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śūrairnihatakaṇṭakām

And the fruit of that gift you see today, in that you enjoy the whole earth, its thorns cleared away by heroes.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्थ → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; थ for य, as in the critical edition's tasya).

Verse 43 (5.129.43)

प्रयच्छ पाण्डुपुत्राणां यथोचितमरिन्दम । यदीच्छसि सहामात्यो भोक्तुमर्धं प्रदीयताम् ॥

prayaccha pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ yathocitamarindama | yadīcchasi sahāmātyo bhoktumardhaṃ pradīyatām

Give the sons of Pandu what is rightly theirs, subduer of enemies. If you wish to enjoy the rest with your ministers, let half be given to them.

Verse 44 (5.129.44)

अलमर्धं पृथिव्यास्ते महामात्यस्य जीवितुम् । सुहृदां वचने तिष्ठन्यशः प्राप्स्यति भारत ॥

alamardhaṃ pṛthivyāste mahāmātyasya jīvitum | suhṛdāṃ vacane tiṣṭhanyaśaḥ prāpsyati bhārata

Half of the earth is enough for you and your great ministers to live on. One who abides by the words of his well-wishers wins fame, O Bharata.

Verse 45 (5.129.45)

श्रीमद्भिरात्मवद्भिस्तैर्बुद्धिमद्भिर्जितेन्द्रियैः । पाण्डवैर्विग्रहस्तात भ्रंशयेन्महतः सुखात् ॥

śrīmadbhirātmavadbhistairbuddhimadbhirjitendriyaiḥ | pāṇḍavairvigrahastāta bhraṃśayenmahataḥ sukhāt

A quarrel with the Pandavas — glorious, self-possessed, intelligent and masters of their senses — would cast you down from great happiness, my son.

Verse 46 (5.129.46)

निगृह्य सुहृदां मन्युं शाधि राज्यं यथोचितम् । स्वमंशं पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः प्रदाय भरतर्षभ ॥

nigṛhya suhṛdāṃ manyuṃ śādhi rājyaṃ yathocitam | svamaṃśaṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ pradāya bharatarṣabha

Allay the anger of your well-wishers and rule the kingdom as is fitting, once you have given the sons of Pandu their own share, bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 47 (5.129.47)

अलमङ्ग निकारोऽयं त्रयोदशसमाः कृतः । शमयैनं महाप्राज्ञ कामक्रोधसमेधितम् ॥

alamaṅga nikāro'yaṃ trayodaśasamāḥ kṛtaḥ | śamayainaṃ mahāprājña kāmakrodhasamedhitam

Enough, my dear! This wrong has been done to them for thirteen years. Put an end to it, wise one — this wrong swollen by lust and anger.

Verse 48 (5.129.48)

न चैष शक्तः पार्थानां यस्त्वदर्थमभीप्सति । सूतपुत्रो दृढक्रोधो भ्राता दुःशासनश्च ते ॥

na caiṣa śaktaḥ pārthānāṃ yastvadarthamabhīpsati | sūtaputro dṛḍhakrodho bhrātā duḥśāsanaśca te

Nor is he a match for the Parthas who seeks this on your behalf — the Suta's son, so fixed in his anger — nor is your brother Duhshasana.

Verse 49 (5.129.49)

भीष्मे द्रोणे कृपे कर्णे भीमसेने धनञ्जये । धृष्टद्युम्ने च संक्रुद्धे न स्युः सर्वाः प्रजा ध्रुवम् ॥

bhīṣme droṇe kṛpe karṇe bhīmasene dhanañjaye | dhṛṣṭadyumne ca saṃkruddhe na syuḥ sarvāḥ prajā dhruvam

When Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna, Bhimasena, Dhananjaya and Dhrishtadyumna are roused to fury, surely none of the people will survive.

Verse 50 (5.129.50)

अमर्षवशमापन्नो मा कुरूंस्तात जीघनः । एषा हि पृथिवी कृत्स्ना मा गमत्त्वत्कृते वधम् ॥

amarṣavaśamāpanno mā kurūṃstāta jīghanaḥ | eṣā hi pṛthivī kṛtsnā mā gamattvatkṛte vadham

Do not, in the grip of wrath, slay the Kurus, my son. Let not this whole earth go to its slaughter because of you.

Verse 51 (5.129.51)

यच्च त्वं मन्यसे मूढ भीष्मद्रोणकृपादयः । योत्स्यन्ते सर्वशक्त्येति नैतदद्योपपद्यते ॥

yacca tvaṃ manyase mūḍha bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādayaḥ | yotsyante sarvaśaktyeti naitadadyopapadyate

And as for what you think, fool — that Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the rest will fight for you with all their might — that will not come about now.

Verse 52 (5.129.52)

समं हि राज्यं प्रीतिश्च स्थानं हि विदितात्मनाम् । पाण्डवेष्वथ युष्मासु धर्मस्त्वभ्यधिकस्ततः ॥

samaṃ hi rājyaṃ prītiśca sthānaṃ hi viditātmanām | pāṇḍaveṣvatha yuṣmāsu dharmastvabhyadhikastataḥ

For to these men who know the self, the kingdom, affection and station weigh equally between the Pandavas and you; but dharma weighs more with them than that.

Verse 53 (5.129.53)

राजपिण्डभयादेते यदि हास्यन्ति जीवितम् । न हि शक्ष्यन्ति राजानं युधिष्ठिरमुदीक्षितुम् ॥

rājapiṇḍabhayādete yadi hāsyanti jīvitam | na hi śakṣyanti rājānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramudīkṣitum

Even if, out of fear of failing the king whose food they eat, they give up their lives, they will not be able to look King Yudhishthira in the face.

Verse 54 (5.129.54)

न लोभादर्थसंपत्तिर्नराणामिह दृश्यते । तदलं तात लोभेन प्रशाम्य भरतर्षभ ॥

na lobhādarthasaṃpattirnarāṇāmiha dṛśyate | tadalaṃ tāta lobhena praśāmya bharatarṣabha

Wealth is not seen to come to men in this world through greed. So enough of greed, my son; make peace, bull of the Bharatas."