Dhritarashtra Warns Duryodhana

Verse 1 (5.65.1)

दुर्योधन विजानीहि यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि पुत्रक । उत्पथं मन्यसे मार्गमनभिज्ञ इवाध्वगः ॥

duryodhana vijānīhi yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi putraka | utpathaṃ manyase mārgamanabhijña ivādhvagaḥ

Duryodhana, my son, understand what I am about to tell you. Like a traveller who does not know the way, you take the wrong road for the right one.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.1 (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 2 (5.65.2)

पञ्चानां पाण्डुपुत्राणां यत्तेजः प्रजिहीर्षसि । पञ्चानामिव भूतानां महतां लोकधारिणाम् ॥

pañcānāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ yattejaḥ prajihīrṣasi | pañcānāmiva bhūtānāṃ mahatāṃ lokadhāriṇām

You seek to take away the might of the five sons of Pandu, which is like that of the five great elements that uphold the world.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.2 (the automatic alignment missed it); it reads pramimīṣasi and sumahātmanām where the page has प्रजिहीर्षसि and लोकधारिणाम्, kept as variants.

Verse 3 (5.65.3)

युधिष्ठिरं हि कौन्तेयं परं धर्ममिहास्थितम् । परां गतिमसंप्रेत्य न त्वं जेतुमिहार्हसि ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ hi kaunteyaṃ paraṃ dharmamihāsthitam | parāṃ gatimasaṃpretya na tvaṃ jetumihārhasi

Yudhishthira, Kunti's son, stands firm here in the highest dharma; short of going to your own final end, you cannot conquer him.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.3 (the automatic alignment missed it); it reads asaṃprekṣya and vettum where the page has असंप्रेत्य and जेतुम्, kept as variants.

Verse 4 (5.65.4)

भीमसेनं च कौन्तेयं यस्य नास्ति समो बले । रणान्तकं तर्जयसे महावातमिव द्रुमः ॥

bhīmasenaṃ ca kaunteyaṃ yasya nāsti samo bale | raṇāntakaṃ tarjayase mahāvātamiva drumaḥ

And Bhimasena, Kunti's son, who has no equal in strength, the ender of battles — you threaten him as a tree might threaten a mighty gale.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.4 (the automatic alignment missed it); it reads tarkayase where the page has तर्जयसे, kept as a variant.

Verse 5 (5.65.5)

सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठं मेरुं शिखरिणामिव । युधि गाण्डिवधन्वानं को नु युध्येत बुद्धिमान् ॥

sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ meruṃ śikhariṇāmiva | yudhi gāṇḍivadhanvānaṃ ko nu yudhyeta buddhimān

Who that has any sense would fight in battle the wielder of Gandiva, the best of all who bear weapons, as Meru is the best of mountains?

Note on the text: Corrected सिखरिणामिव → शिखरिणामिव (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, critical edition śikhariṇām iva). Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.5 (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 6 (5.65.6)

धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पाञ्चाल्यः कमिवाद्य न शातयेत् । शत्रुमध्ये शरान्मुञ्चन्देवराडशनीमिव ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pāñcālyaḥ kamivādya na śātayet | śatrumadhye śarānmuñcandevarāḍaśanīmiva

And whom would Dhrishtadyumna of Panchala not cut down today, loosing his arrows in the midst of the foe as the king of the gods hurls his thunderbolt?

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 5.63.6 (the automatic alignment missed it).

Verse 7 (5.65.7)

सात्यकिश्चापि दुर्धर्षः संमतोऽन्धकवृष्णिषु । ध्वंसयिष्यति ते सेनां पाण्डवेयहिते रतः ॥

sātyakiścāpi durdharṣaḥ saṃmato'ndhakavṛṣṇiṣu | dhvaṃsayiṣyati te senāṃ pāṇḍaveyahite rataḥ

Satyaki too, the invincible, honoured among the Andhakas and Vrishnis and devoted to the good of the Pandavas, will shatter your army.

Verse 8 (5.65.8)

यः पुनः प्रतिमानेन त्रील्लोकानतिरिच्यते । तं कृष्णं पुण्डरीकाक्षं को नु युध्येत बुद्धिमान् ॥

yaḥ punaḥ pratimānena trīllokānatiricyate | taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ ko nu yudhyeta buddhimān

And he who in measure surpasses the three worlds — who that has any sense would fight that lotus-eyed Krishna?

Note on the text: Corrected युद्ध्येत → युध्येत (misprint in Wikisource; doubled द, critical edition yudhyeta).

Verse 9 (5.65.9)

एकतो ह्यस्य दाराश्च ज्ञातयश्च सबान्धवाः । आत्मा च पृथिवी चेयमेकतश्च धनञ्जयः ॥

ekato hyasya dārāśca jñātayaśca sabāndhavāḥ | ātmā ca pṛthivī ceyamekataśca dhanañjayaḥ

For him, on one side stand his wives, his kinsmen and relations, his own self and this whole earth; on the other, Dhananjaya alone.

Verse 10 (5.65.10)

वासुदेवोऽपि दुर्धर्षो यतात्मा यत्र पाण्डवः । अविषह्यं पृथिव्यापि तद्बलं यत्र केशवः ॥

vāsudevo'pi durdharṣo yatātmā yatra pāṇḍavaḥ | aviṣahyaṃ pṛthivyāpi tadbalaṃ yatra keśavaḥ

Vasudeva, invincible and self-controlled, is where the Pandava is; and the host in which Keshava stands cannot be withstood even by the whole earth.

Verse 11 (5.65.11)

तिष्ठ तात सतां वाक्ये सुहृदामर्थवादिनाम् । वृद्धं शान्तनवं भीष्मं तितिक्षस्व पितामहम् ॥

tiṣṭha tāta satāṃ vākye suhṛdāmarthavādinām | vṛddhaṃ śāntanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ titikṣasva pitāmaham

Abide, my son, by the words of good men, of friends who counsel your welfare. Bear with the aged Bhishma, Shantanu's son, your grandsire, and accept his counsel.

Verse 12 (5.65.12)

मां च ब्रुवाणं शुश्रूष कुरूणामर्थदर्शिनम् । द्रोणं कृपं विकर्णं च महाराजं च बाह्लिकम् ॥

māṃ ca bruvāṇaṃ śuśrūṣa kurūṇāmarthadarśinam | droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca mahārājaṃ ca bāhlikam

Listen to me as I speak, for I see what is good for the Kurus; and to Drona, Kripa and Vikarna, and to the great king Bahlika.

Verse 13 (5.65.13)

एते ह्यपि यथैवाहं मन्तुमर्हसि तांस्तथा । सर्वे धर्मविदो ह्येते तुल्यस्नेहाश्च भारत ॥

ete hyapi yathaivāhaṃ mantumarhasi tāṃstathā | sarve dharmavido hyete tulyasnehāśca bhārata

You should regard them just as you regard me; for all of them know dharma, O Bharata, and their affection for both sides is the same.

Note on the text: Corrected यतैवाहं → यथैवाहं (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, critical edition yathaivāhaṃ).

Verse 14 (5.65.14)

यत्तद्विराटनगरे सह भ्रातृभिरग्रतः । उत्सृज्य गाः सुसन्त्रस्तं बलं ते समशीर्यत ॥

yattadvirāṭanagare saha bhrātṛbhiragrataḥ | utsṛjya gāḥ susantrastaṃ balaṃ te samaśīryata

At Virata's city, before your brothers' very eyes, your army abandoned the cattle and, terror-stricken, fell apart.

Verse 15 (5.65.15)

यच्चैव नगरे तस्मिञ्श्रूयते महदद्भुतम् । एकस्य च बहूनां च पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम् ॥

yaccaiva nagare tasmiñśrūyate mahadadbhutam | ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca paryāptaṃ tannidarśanam

And the great marvel that is told of that city — one man against many — is example enough.

Verse 16 (5.65.16)

अर्जुनस्तत्तथाकार्षीत्किं पुनः सर्व एव ते । स भ्रातॄनभिजानीहि वृत्त्या तं प्रतिपादय ॥

arjunastattathākārṣītkiṃ punaḥ sarva eva te | sa bhrātṝnabhijānīhi vṛttyā taṃ pratipādaya

Arjuna did that, just as it was done; what then of all of them together? So know them for your brothers, and honour him with his livelihood.